One thing I am curious about it - in the case of an EM - what would those of you who own or have played cleared EMs say about the difference in gameplay once a playfield is cleared? I am having an internal debate about whether or not I want to find someone to restore my Space Odyssey playfield. I have swapped out all the GI and such and cleaned everything up as best as I can, but I am pretty badly color blind and super nervous that I would screw up the color matching so I am hesitant about taking the plunge into playfield restoration. It kind of bothers me now because when you walk up to the table it looks so good with all that GI really blazing and it's very eye catching. I've got a CPR repro backglass and I have redone the lighting in the head as well. Then you get up close and the playfield is definitely rough. Not beat to hell, but pretty worn down.

I am really curious what people think about the feel of cleared EMs. I would hate to lose the feel of mine. I am really good about keeping mine waxed and the ball moves very fast and almost has a "floaty" feel to it. I notice it even more since I got my second pin. I'm sure a cleared playfield would be even faster and smoother, likely significantly so. Looking forward to reading responses from some of you who have played EMs with cleared playfields. I'm especially curious of any of you feel that clearing an EM makes it play completely different.