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Playfield as it arrived.
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The T nuts etc will need to be removed from the bottom.
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T nuts removed.
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Ready to evaluate and begin doing some initial repairs.
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The shooter lane is very rough and dirty.Should sand up okay.The biggest concern will be just how much of the ground in di
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Lots of ball swirl.Some of it is in areas that are dithered and will be impossible to duplicate exactly.
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The red Special insert is melted and will need to be replaced.Luckily I have a scrap IJ playfield I can get one from.
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More ball swirl.
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Same thing other side.
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The green round inserts have some type of clarity issue.Not positive how well this will be taken care of during the proc
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Same thing other side.
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The two inserts pictured are damaged.Likely happened during an attempt to remove mylar.
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Many holes are drilled in this area.None belong there and this area will require a bit of work.The green will be a tough
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The holes pictured will need a little fill work.Mostly for cosmetics.
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The damaged insert is removed.
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The replacement is glued in place.
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Playfield is now in the refinishing area and ready to prep for an inital clear application.I won't do any repaints prior t
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Holes are filled.
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Filler is sanded.
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Lots of little poke throughs here and there become more obvious as the playfield is sanded and leveled.
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Shooter lane took quite a bit of sanding but is at least respectable now.
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Other minor things here and there.This playfield will require a lot of repaint.
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Playfield is now ready for the first clear application.
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First clear applied.
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Playfield has cured overnight.After a few days I will sand it and begin the repainting process.
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Playfield has cured and is now sanded.
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I will do all the yellow work first since it is one of the bigger issues.
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A little more filler work is needed prior to.
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Playfield is now cleaned and treated with adhesion promoter.
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Yellow is masked and sprayed.
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Yellow unmasked.
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Next issue is the white background around Indy.There is staining or ball swirl in that area.It is not a straight white it i
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area is masked and sprayed,Might be hard to see in the pics but there is a yellow used to make the transition to white.
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Indy background unmasked.
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Damage to the upper red area and transition is sprayed.
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The ball swirl in the lower dithered areas is sprayed now as well.This is an extremely difficult repair to do.It takes se
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Dithering repairs are unmasked.
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These look very good.Probably some of the best I have done to date.
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Upper red repairs unmasked.
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