Those are the areas that weren't covered by the mylar.
Follow this link and you can see where the playfield was unprotected.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/03-7960-554

Williams had a **great** idea in leaving that gap in the Mylar.

That gap drives me nuts. The only reason I can see them having left it like that was because it was a Friday and the meeting ran long so they were going to be late for lunch.

Kinda like Gottlieb ending the mylar just above the flippers on Sys 3 pins?

Mine looked exactly the same as that after taking off the mylar, but once the glue is off you can use magic eraser to take off that layer of yellowed clear coat. Once you do that, though, you're committed to re-clear it since you're basically down to paint or close to it.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/curbfeelers-f14-tomcat-restoration-it-begins

Have you decided if you want to re-clear it?

Dan

best solution to those areas is the 5ft rule.... stand behind it , ready to play, push start, stand upright, hit flippers, play your 3-5 balls per game AND DONT BOW DOWN TO FOCUS YOUR EYESIGHT ON THOSE SPOTS.... like the football coach told the boys..." IT IS WHAT IT IS " (whatever that really means?)

those spots use to bug me too, but not anymore

Best rule ever. We as collectors get too hung up on this kinda small stuff. You don't play a pin with the glass off hunched over with your eyes 3 inches from the playfield. I have learned to live with a lot of wear I hardly ever notice unless I'm cleaning a game.

Agree that the yellow stain isn't a huge deal, though.

Dan

Some nice brite leds will hide any flaws on that.