There was/is a long thread about this somewhere. This is normal on new playfields. Some people go to the extra step.of having the playfield finished with additional clear to remedy this. Most do not but it is a personal preference.

Put a nice coat of wax over everything would be what I would do.

I'd be more concerned with all those other scratches and why does the clear look like someone left saran wrap on it while it was curing?

Is that normal for CPR playfields these days? Been a while since I've seen one in person.

Most of my new PF I get recleared but it does cost but can't beat it ,new PFs today are not done well with the clear coat from many years ago just depends on how good you want it too look

Yes understood I am like u after all the time and making it look great at the end when done u want everything too look great before reclear maybe try waxing it with Novus 2 and see how that looks might take a few waxes then go from there

For sure I don't blame u ,I have seen a lot worst then yours and as you said the pics up that close looks worst then it really is I bet ,should be fine with a few good waxing ,enjoy bud happy flipping

This is why whenever I buy a playfield from CPR I always buy the cheapest one I can get because not matter how much I spend on there playfields they will always have to go to Kruzman to get done right. Too bad there quality control is so bad. If I were you I'd buy another one of there cheapest playfields and have it dropped shipped to Ron and sell off the one your working on. If your going to put that much time and energy doing the swap you might as well do it right.

John

I always let my purchased playfields age (more from no time to swap vs. anything else....) - the clear is really spotty in quality from CPR lately. The meteor one planked pretty badly (which was fine since it had to be recleared anyway to bury the decals for the missing 6 bank text) - it felt like a Ruffles potato chip. The Stars one is gorgeous so far, but there is some die back on the 3k bonus insert.

Their goal was always to get a clear similar to factory clear on the playfields - you're not going to get the super clear job you get from the clearers as that costs between 50%-125% of the cost of the PF itself. I think they meet that most of the time, although I'm not a fan of the backs no longer being grayed as originals were.

For the OP it's likely going to be OK, just monitor it to make sure it doesn't get worse. The time to reclear it would have been pre-population, and it's one of those extra steps that some do, some don't.

How about some Mylar over those inserts?