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Trying to restore pinball playfield SUCKS!
thehammer12:
--- Quote ---Final thought though. No one is addressing possibility of printing an adhesive vinyl playfield and then sticking it onto sanded playfield, coat it and call it a day? No one tried that kind of approach!?
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Im sure its been thought of, but if your gonna go through all that trouble of taking it apart and etc. Why not just do it right? Im pretty sure thats what most of the others would say, no point in taking it down and half assing it with a vinyl.....especially on the playfield haha.
mimic:
--- Quote from: thehammer12 on January 21, 2015, 10:33:33 pm ---
--- Quote ---Final thought though. No one is addressing possibility of printing an adhesive vinyl playfield and then sticking it onto sanded playfield, coat it and call it a day? No one tried that kind of approach!?
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Im sure its been thought of, but if your gonna go through all that trouble of taking it apart and etc. Why not just do it right? Im pretty sure thats what most of the others would say, no point in taking it down and half assing it with a vinyl.....especially on the playfield haha.
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Why do you think it wouldn't be looking right? :o
Vibrant beautiful colors, perfect playfield look, smooth surface. After coating it with clear coat, who would even know that's not original!? If you look at the videos how awesome the side art looks, I don't see how you can lose!?
Fursphere:
--- Quote from: mimic on January 21, 2015, 10:16:43 pm ---THANK YOU! for encouraging words! I don't mind painting by hand at all, I actually have "very easy" Playfield to do (Mr & Mrs Pacman). What I mind is to make it look like ass. It looks decent from a distance, but up close looks like fat clogged up arteries. Brush strokes, gulps of paint on top of paint. I'm scared that it's going to look like that after clear coat and my understanding is after automotive clear coat, that's basically end of the road, no corrections of any type.
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That's not entirely true. Automotive clear cannot be removed. (you could sand it off...?) But it can be painted over and cleared again.
Its this game right? http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1639
Being a 1982 - it probably used some form of Varathane as clear - not the hard automotive type. So you could easily do it yourself.
You can do the repaint and clear without dropping the wiring harness, but you need to pull the playfield out of the cabinet. I built a rotisserre similar to this one pretty cheap - http://www.tokensonly.com/2009/06/resources/building-a-pinball-playfield-rotisserie/
Take a CRAZY AMOUNT of pictures as you strip the playfield of all the parts. That includes pulling the wireforms out. For wireforms I used a piece of wood to gently pry them out. GO SLOW. :)
Do all your touch ups and repainting. I personally have a couple of airbrushes - which is the best way to hit large areas with uniform color. But you have to mask off the areas you don't want to hit - which can pull paint if its already brittle.
Use Naphtha to clean the playfield before you start. http://www.amazon.com/Klean-Strip-VM-P-Naphtha-Quart/dp/B001G9TGQI
It'll get all the oils and junk off the playfield. (it'll melt acrylic paint, so go easy on the parts you've already painted - or strip and start over if needed, I've done that many times).
I use Decro-Art Americana paint. Its cheap - but not as cheap as you think when you end up buying 80 or so different colors trying to match everything. lol (I'd go to the craft store - like Michaels or Jo'Annes and buy like 10 shapes of one color - trying to get as close as possible to what the original color was) They run $1 - $1.50 ish a bottle I think? http://decoart.com/americana/
I think this is the "clear coat" I used on the Gottliebs -
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane-11-25-oz-Clear-Gloss-Spar-Urethane-Spray-Paint-6-Pack-250081/202057144
Keep at it, and take your time if this is something you really want to take on. Just remember, you'd not going to get it done quickly. :cheers:
jennifer:
Vinyl can be a pretty nice solution.... However its not the time/money savings one might think to do it correctly, Besides the editing software and actually getting the print, a plotter cutter is needed to cut the holes , and when done and stuck, the whole things needs to be leveled under a 2K clear (17-25 coats).
mimic:
I have one last question is there a place where I could download High Quality playfield for Bally's Mr&Mrs Pacman WITHOUT all the playfield accessories? I would like to try to print it on self adhesive paper/vinyl whatever. Glue it onto playfield and then cut out all the necessary holes and finally finish it off with clearcoat.
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