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Ready for the initial coat of clear.
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Initial clear applied.
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Shooter lane looks pretty good now.Might get a little more out of it with another sanding but if not this isn't bad.The rou
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The insets will need work of course but this is just a foundation to work off of.
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Some minor wear at the upper hole will be addressed as well.
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Playfield is sanded and ready to continue repairs.
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The insert show wear on most of the edges and beyond on some.
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This one was well raised it has been reset and sanded smooth which caused some of the bordering issue.
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More insert wear.
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Now is the time to address the hole wear also.
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Structure repair complete.
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Refinishing the white first.The jet bumper areas have some worn in swirl and dirt as well so those will be refinished at t
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White refinished in the damaged areas.
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Wood tone refinished at the hole.
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All the triangular inserts have been masked off cut out and borders refinished.Very time consuming process but the only way
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Outer edges unmasked.
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Inner edges unmasked.
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Next clear applied.
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Inserts look much nicer now.
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Shooter lane continues to improve.
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Now that the playfield has fully cured I will prep it for the final rework and clear.
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Sanded level.
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Raised inserts here and there were the tinital problem on this playfield I am now down to the last couple of things.All ins
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The Freeway insert is the other that still was a little higher than the other.
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The hole is now ready for a final border.There is just a touch of discoloration from the kickout to the right in the gray
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Final border reworks are done.
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Results are good.
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Ready for the final clear.
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Final clear applied.
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After it sets up it will be ready to sand polish and rebuild.
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Now that the playfield is done and curing I will move onto the cabinet restore.
First problem of many withthe cabinet is
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Better top plate installed.Nailed and glued.
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I am crazy but I will be saving the lower because of the unique front.The head is too far gone structurally to save and th
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The front will be the biggest challenge because the unique art is in trouble and will have to be redone in at least a few
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Doesn't look too bad at a glance but what this picture cannot show is the surface that has many bumps nicks and gouges.
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