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So I've gotten up the nerve to attempt my first playfield restoration. Mylar removal didn't go too well but I'm pushing on so I can learn the techniques in this fantastic thread. I going to attempt to make waterslide decals to either repair just the black numbers and keylines on each pool ball or I will maybe make a colored waterslide of each whole pool ball. Any thoughts? Also any recommendations on buying a good laser printer for this task without breaking the budget?
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Quoted from sethbenjamin:I used a $300 Brother home office laser printer which performed decently, but as Vid says, the color output might not be so great for what you need. In general though, $300-$350 seems to be enough to get you an adequate printer for basic decals. I would add, though, that the Brother printer ate itself alive when I ran one too many decals in a session and it wrapped itself around the fuser drum. You really can’t do a lot of them at a time. I replaced the Brother with a Xerox which is twice the size and is a complete pain in the ass to use. So avoid those.
You may want to look into a Crickut or Silhouette cutter for this project. You’ll be able to cut very accurate masks and repaint all these details. Down side is, you would likely have to apply clear in between layers, as aligning the masks depends on setting the surface so that you can move them around (the previous paint wont play well with this treatment.) But the up side is very clean curves and number cutouts. And the opacity of airbrushed paint is much better than any decal, even doubled up.
Thank you Sethbenjamin and Vid for the info. I do have a Silhouette that I am learning how to use for this purpose. Thinking now I might only use decals for the inset text and paint the rest of the poolballs using stencils.
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