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Arcade Collecting => Restorations & repair => Topic started by: justjoe on October 13, 2010, 09:35:34 am

Title: Pinball Restore in progress
Post by: justjoe on October 13, 2010, 09:35:34 am

I have an old 66 Hot Line pinball and decided to go for a complete restore on it. Through the years people have tried their skills in hand painting and markers on this one.
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I removed the playfield and all components to get ready for light sanding and to remove all wax residue.

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Im using an airbrush and oneshot paints to do the detailing and will use a auto clearcoat when Im at that point. I will add photos of this later.

Here's someone handy work on this one...
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Title: Re: Pinball Restore in progress
Post by: jennifer on October 13, 2010, 11:57:56 pm

          First off, gotta say WELCOME!!! 
                    Before you go off on value, preservation and whatever, I"m a bit courious why you chose this route compared to say
         photoshop/sticker??

Title: Re: Pinball Restore in progress
Post by: justjoe on October 14, 2010, 04:43:40 pm

Pinballjim   -  I was amazed when I pulled the machine apart and saw the complexity of the system. Very cool, thats what kind got me to redo this one.

Jennifer   -  Thank you, Happy to have found this forum! There is a definite difference between stickers and paint ( at least to me, I have been in the sign business for 17 years now ). In restorations I'd rather keep it original with paint. Airbrushing gives it a nice thin coat and does not have any edges that you can feel with a clearcoat.

Title: Re: Pinball Restore in progress
Post by: jennifer on October 14, 2010, 05:30:20 pm

          I"m a painter to, my current project is my first playfield sticker,  Google "The air brush fourm"  they have a fun post on painting
a woodgrain.

Title: Re: Pinball Restore in progress
Post by: justjoe on October 15, 2010, 09:38:57 am

Great site, just looked through it. Ive always used a wood grain rocker.