WHY???? lol

Bought my first pin about 6 months ago not knowing much but it seemed weird for me that my playfield had a house on it, like wtf does a house have to do with Hulk?. I then quickly realized that someone had covered up the playfield. After much scrubbing I found a damaged but WAY better playfield. LIKE WTF?. Lol. I live close to the Quebec border so I'm wondering if it was a language thing as all the lettering was covered. Anyhow, the touch ups will commence soon but what a difference.

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#2 3 years ago

JNC

jncall21

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Salt Lake City, UT

15y 46,300 39 2

Strange. Nice work cleaning it up. I love the art on that playfield, back glass too.

#3 3 years ago

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trilogybeer

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Crazy, someone painted over perfectly good artwork. It’s almost as though they didn’t want it to be a Hulk game.

#4 3 years ago

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woody76

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Nashville, TN

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How did you get the paint off without removing the original paint?

#5 3 years ago

JMM

NoMonkey

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HULK SMASH TINY HOUSE

#6 3 years ago

???

Yoko2una

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Looks like the homepin logo

#7 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from woody76:
How did you get the paint off without removing the original paint?

Magic eraser with dabs of rubbing alcohol on it. I went through like 20 of them. Thank god it was acrelic paint.

#8 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from NoMonkey:
HULK SMASH TINY HOUSE

Hahahahah

#9 3 years ago

???

kklank

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That has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever seen! Hulk is back!!
Great story.

#10 3 years ago

DRE

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Quoted from kklank:
That has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever seen! Hulk is back!!
Great story.

I know, it's insane.

#11 3 years ago

DLD

Dent00

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Interesting. Perhaps someone was exercising their artistic interpretation of something we cannot perceive. It is indeed a mystery why people might choose to do things like this...

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#12 3 years ago

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Mr_Tantrum

Fort Worth, TX

8y 140K 12,540 3 6 75

It's like finding a Pollock behind the Dogs Playing Poker art you bought in a garage sale.

#13 3 years ago

POO

SpyroFTW

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Kansas City, MO

4y 74,800 1,000 9

Im sorry you all dont like my art . Im just not a fan of the Hulk. Too sexual IMO.

#14 3 years ago

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mdeslaur

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Québec City, QC

7y 46,300 322 14

I doubt it was a language thing, they didn't seem to have covered the rest of the text.

Perhaps someone had a kid that thought the Hulk was scary or something, and preferred to paint over him rather than get rid of the game?

#15 3 years ago

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Dayhuff

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Wow, very impressive and a lot of elbow grease I'm sure. Perhaps it would work on this one that was painted by a youth church group?

John

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#16 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:
It's like finding a Pollock behind the Dogs Playing Poker art you bought in a garage sale.

Totally.

#17 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from mdeslaur:
I doubt it was a language thing, they didn't seem to have covered the rest of the text.
Perhaps someone had a kid that thought the Hulk was scary or something, and preferred to paint over him rather than get rid of the game?

That crossed my mind as well. Too scary for a kid.

#18 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from Dayhuff:
Wow, very impressive and a lot of elbow grease I'm sure. Perhaps it would work on this one that was painted by a youth church group?
John[quoted image]

Damn. Yeah, lots of scrubbing and rubbing alcohol. I ended up buying the generic magic erasers from amazon. Pack of 25 was fairly priced. Nothing else worked as well. Tried a rag with paint thinner but that failed.

Good luck.

#19 3 years ago

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Coindork

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When I was a little kid my neighbor told me he turned down the role of the Incredible Hulk because they wanted him to paint his entire body green. I was probably 7 or 8 years old at the time. He told me “there’s no way I was painting my balls green and that’s why they gave the role to Lou Ferrigno”.
As a little kid that sounded believable.
It wasn’t until I was in my teenage years that I realized he just liked fucking with me.

#20 3 years ago

DRE

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Quoted from SpyroFTW:
Im sorry you all dont like my art . Im just not a fan of the Hulk. Too sexual IMO.

Funny you should say that, I picked up a Future Spa that was in a church basement for years. Hahaha

#21 3 years ago

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Dent00

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I would venture to guess that many times, the results of removing something like this on the playfield would not yield the nice looking results that you encountered.

#22 3 years ago

DRE

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Quoted from Coindork:
When I was a little kid my neighbor told me he turned down the role of the Incredible Hulk because they wanted him to paint his entire body green. I was probably 7 or 8 years old at the time. He told me “there’s no way I was painting my balls green and that’s why they gave the role to Lou Ferrigno”.
As a little kid that sounded believable.
It wasn’t until I was in my teenage years that I realized he just liked fucking with me.

Hahahaha hahaha. That's hilarious. No green balls, just blue.

#23 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from Dent00:
I would venture to guess that many times, the results of removing something like this on the playfield would not yield the nice looking results that you encountered.

That's why I was scared to even attempt it but hey, I figured anything was nicer that that dumb house. I started with the top left Hulk and when it was in great condition I figure I'd try another spot and kept going.

#24 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from Dent00:
I would venture to guess that many times, the results of removing something like this on the playfield would not yield the nice looking results that you encountered.

I mean, there is damage but that ugly paint job kinda protected the rest of it. Haha

#25 3 years ago

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Dent00

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Quoted from DreB:
I mean, there is damage but that ugly paint job kinda protected the rest of it. Haha

Perhaps you just have good karma...

#26 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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It begins.

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#27 3 years ago

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woody76

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OP
Quoted from DreB:
Magic eraser with dabs of rubbing alcohol on it. I went through like 20 of them. Thank god it was acrelic paint.

This worked great. I just removed some crap touch ups from a cabinet and playfield using this method. Thanks man

#28 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from woody76:
This worked great. I just removed some crap touch ups from a cabinet and playfield using this method. Thanks man

No problem. Joe's Classic video games channel on YouTube uses that method. I borrowed that from him. Lol

#29 3 years ago

DRE

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Quick update. I decided to try airbrushing for the 1st time, it's not a perfect match but I'm not doing a full restoration so I'm happy. Also for shits and giggles, Hulk now has a red thumbnail. Hahahaahh

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#30 3 years ago

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BorgDog

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I have a scan of my stripped Hulk playfield if you would like for art reference, not perfect but pretty good.

#31 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from BorgDog:
I have a scan of my stripped Hulk playfield if you would like for art reference, not perfect but pretty good.

Yes please

#32 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Another update. So hard to color match white and yellow crud love, . Getting there. My biggest challenge is those damn numbers. My penmanship is horrible.

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#33 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Just topped her off with a layer of lacker. She's all done. What a difference.

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#34 3 years ago

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roffels

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Great work, though I'm really triggered by that red thumbnail!

#35 3 years ago

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Pinbub

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OP
Quoted from DreB:
Just topped her off with a layer of lacker. She's all done. What a difference.
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What kind of laquer did you use and how did you apply it? I think it came out nice for your first shot at air brushing. Almost gives me the courage to try it myself.

#36 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from Pinbub:
What kind of laquer did you use and how did you apply it? I think it came out nice for your first shot at air brushing. Almost gives me the courage to try it myself.

I'm just used clear coat in a can. I just went over real quick,.

#37 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from roffels:
Great work, though I'm really triggered by that red thumbnail!

Lol. Totally

#38 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Light sanding, cleanup, waxed and she's all done. What a difference. It might be too much green lol...I have to change the bulbs.

It was fine and dark when she was a mess but now I can display it properly.

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#39 3 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

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Uff all that work to then clown puke it?

Hulk blind
Hulk sad
WHY???????

#40 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Uff all that work to then clown puke it?
Hulk blind
Hulk sad

Clown puke?

#41 3 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

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Quoted from DreB:
Clown puke?

Color bombing. Not using white in GI so you can actually see the machine and art.

#42 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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koji

#43 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Color bombing. Not using white in GI so you can actually see the machine and art.

Oh, yeah, like I said in the previous post I'm gonna fix that.

#44 3 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

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Quoted from DreB:
Oh, yeah, like I said in the previous post I'm gonna fix that.

Um adding purple doesn't help

#45 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from TheLaw:
Um adding purple doesn't help

You're just a ray of sunshine aren't ya?. I'm gonna play around with it until I find something that I like. Thanks for sharing

#46 3 years ago

TMN

Goronic

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I would light it with warm whites - there is plenty of color on that playfield. Just my 2 cents.

Back glass is a bit too much as well...maybe try to tone it down a bit?

Overall very nice looking restore!!!

#47 3 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

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Quoted from DreB:
You're just a ray of sunshine aren't ya?.

Sunlight would actually look a lot better. Good thinking.

#48 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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Quoted from Goronic:
I would light it with warm whites - there is plenty of color on that playfield. Just my 2 cents.
Back glass is a bit too much as well...maybe try to tone it down a bit?
Overall very nice looking restore!!!

Agreed. 100%

#49 3 years ago

DLD

Dent00

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I think that green glow is cool and I would not change a thing...
Looks great. Lots better than a house...

#50 3 years ago

DRE

DreB

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