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IJ playfield as it arrived.

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Lots of little issues on this playfield which will mean it will need lots of rework.
Nothing is major it is is mostly

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The following close up will help show all the cuts,art and colors effected by it.
Starting here you can see the gouges in

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Cuts in the yellow of the left sling area as well as a factory defect where they have screened white onto the lower corne

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More cuts and some ball swirl.

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Other side has the same issues this.

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Cuts in the yellow and orange right side.

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Cuts and ball swirl in the right sling area.

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Cuts in the mid of the right side.

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Cuts in the mid of the left side.

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Target bank area is well worn.

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cuts and what I think is an extra hole in the jet bumper area.c

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I have begun to prep the areas to be addressed first.Those will be the orange and red.I won't get into all the damage init

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The natural wood and splintered switch sut outs have been sanded and shaped as well as possible for the initial applicat

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The wear at the mode hole is not too bad.It is a borderline situation where it might cosmetically benefit from a little f

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Shooter lane has been sanded and shaped as well as possible and still maintains it's natural look.

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Playfield is now fully sanded and ready to begin the first round of refinishing.

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Playfield is treated with adhesion promoter.

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The orange is painted.

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Orange is unmasked.

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Looking better already as a result of the wood work and orange repaint.

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Moving into the red.There are some transitions and dithering that cannot be duplicated exactly or will be addressed later

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Unmasked and ready for the first clear application.It will not be very thick or impressive it is just meant to seal and

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Cleared for the first time.

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the first clear application has now cured.It has been sanded and treated with adhesion promoter because extensive repain

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I have filled the hole in the Jet bumper area.I am just going to do a minimal touch up there since the area is very sm

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the Mode hole and target bank cut out both need a little more cosmetic fill than I was able to get with sanding and clea

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Target bank repairs.

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Mode hole repair.

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Wood tones are refinished.The wood tone is normally see through but in this case I need coverage to eliminate the fill

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All other ground in dirt is addressed.That being all the switch cut outs.

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Wood tones unmasked.

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Next I am getting into the worst area in the world to have to repair.It is a combination of two things that are tough to

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Same issue other side.

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I will do all the areas with this type of dithering so they will match.That makes it a bit tougher.

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The red is done one more time all over and the ground floor of the areas to be faded is now in place with a background col

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All the yellow is now masked and repainted to eliminate all those cuts and gouges as well as working into the fades.
The

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The final details of the fades are put down after another round of masking.

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Here are the current results.It will get a little finesse but not too much more can be done.The "blends" are d