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Ball drops and wood tones will be refinished later in the process.
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Gumbll exit will be repaired and refinished.
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Playfield is prepped and ready for an inital coat of clear.This is just a ground coat to seal and work off of later .The act
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A quick glance at the replacement mini.It has had the bevels corrected and is recleared.
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Previously missing upper exit bevel is now in place.
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Previously missing lower exit bevel in place.
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Main playfield now has it;s initial clear applied.This coat is applied for thepurposes of sealing and leveling the playfie
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After this cures a couple days it will be ready to sand and I can begin the repainting process.
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While I wait on the playfield to cure I am moving onto the cabinet.First I will strip the head.
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Head is being stripped.
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Head is stripped and ready to begin the repair process.
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All seams will be filled.
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the grain in the face of the head will be eliminated.
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The new lower is guidecoated and ready to rework.
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All seams in the new lower will also be eliminated.
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Floor is masked off neatly.
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Back to the playfield now that it has cured.
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Playfield is sanded and is being prepped for repaints.
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In this pass I will repair and refinish the natural wood areas.
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I will repaint and finish leveling all the insert s and borders.
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Gumball exit area will be filled and refinished.
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Repair is made o the gumball exit.
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Playfield is cleaned and ready to start painting.
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Even though these areas will be covered once installed I will still put some effort into fixing the surface planking and
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Areas are masked and refinished.
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The finish used is incredibly transparent in an effort to minimize the loss of the natural grain of the wood but yet sti
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As can be seen in the picture when expended the grain still shows well.
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Heavier spots where serious discoloration were present do show a little less grain but it is a fair trade off to elimina
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Wood tones unmasked.
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Close up of the woodtones now unmasked.
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As can be seen in the picture the woodtones are a very good match.The round circle that the flipper comes through was
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Gumball exit as refinished.It will still have a protector over it once rebuilt.
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Previously burnt areas.
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