(Topic ID: 267853)

Why is Mylar so hated? Help me understand...

By DakotaMike

3 years ago


Topic Heartbeat

Topic Stats

  • 37 posts
  • 27 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 3 years ago by ccbiggsoo7
  • Topic is favorited by 6 Pinsiders

You

Linked Games

No games have been linked to this topic.

    Topic Gallery

    View topic image gallery

    1A28420B-ABDE-4D68-8D4B-321C7A126EB1 (resized).jpeg
    image (resized).jpg
    402ona (resized).jpg
    TC (resized).jpg
    B4D75B98-38D6-48EA-A23D-EB301450D2F1 (resized).jpeg
    IMG_PF (resized).jpg

    You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider ryanbrooks.
    Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

    #20 3 years ago

    Give me Mylar all day long over the clear plastic playfield protectors. Two reasons:

    1) The protector is floating. It can and will move slightly during game play. When dirt is trapped between the protector and the playfield, the dirt particles scratch the PF. Granted, they’re very small scratches, but a few thousand very small scratches starts to look much worse over an insert than a bit of cloudy Mylar.

    2) The ball doesn’t react the same with the protector. It almost wanders or “ghosts”. I don’t know how to put it into words but it seems like the ball will begin to spin in a direction totally unprecedented and strange things occur. Maybe I’m the only person that feels this way?

    You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider ryanbrooks.
    Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.

    Reply

    Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

    Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

    Donate to Pinside

    Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


    This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/why-is-mylar-so-hated-help-me-understand?tu=ryanbrooks and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

    Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.