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Vid's Guide to Ultimate Playfield Restoration

By vid1900

11 years ago


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Post #7 Playfield damage assessment. Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #8 Insert damage assessment. Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #34 How to sand your new inserts flat. Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #35 Cleaning old glue out of the insert holes. Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)


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#7223 3 years ago

Undertaking my first playfield swap on a friend's Diner. The original playfield is an absolute mess, the game was in a gentlemen's club for all it's life. It was never cared for and covered in nicotine. The picture below is the playfield I'm moving everything over to. It does have some wear at the top. After reading this guide, I'm going to try and repair this to make it look better. I have a couple of questions:

1) To get rid of the ball trail and the wear from the kickouts, would bondo filler be the best bet to get back to flat? After that do I prime the bondo or do I just paint over it with the fluorescent orange?

2) This leads to my next question, so far the closest match I have seen for that orange is from acrylic paints from the craft store. Is this OK to use with an airbrush?

I have not done either of these things before (airbrush or repair a gouge in a PF). I'm going to practice on the old, beat-up playfield first before making the final repair on the good playfield.

Thanks in advance

Alberto

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#7252 3 years ago
Quoted from bbriese:

When I did my diner restore, this orange worked matched well right out of the bottle, no adjustments needed[quoted image]

vid1900 and bbriese

Thanks for all the help on fixing up the top of the Diner playfield. I still have a couple touchups to do before I put mylar over this repair, but I'm pretty happy with the results. Better than the worn out spots it had before.

Alberto

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#7318 3 years ago
Quoted from Bugsy:

I am so thankful for this thread. What a great resource to have for anyone wanting to fix up their playfield(s). With the help from the info here I was able to restore a wear spot on my T2 that I otherwise wouldn’t really know what to do with. I posted a few pics a little while ago but figured I’d show the final outcome.
Here are a few pics, before, during, and the finished product.
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I’m glad the way it turned out, especially considering it was my first attempt at a repair like this.

Bugsy, nice work. One question, on the area by the flippers that was worn out, did you mylar or clear coat it after the touchup?

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