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NOS playfield as it arrived.
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Shooter lane will be smoothed in during the process.
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Many inserts are either raised or severely concaved.A few are both where the edges are not seated but the lens itself is dish
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Minor registration issues.Will correct and improve those where I can.
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Some aging/cracking is present.To be expected with a playfield this old.
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Little better shot of the surface condition.
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Highlighting some of the insert concerns.
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Better shot of the concave insert issues.
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The playfield is dimpled for the jet bumper nails but I prefer to have them counter sunk prior to doing any clear on older
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Holes are corrected.
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Ready for the first clear.This will just be used to seal it up a bit before really getting into the process.
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First clear applied.
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After this sets a few days I will get back to it.I may decide to redo the white in the GI areas in an effoert to freshen it
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Playfield is cured andready for the next series of sanding,leveling and clear application.
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The cracking in the surface becomes more obvious now.
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The level of the inserts and gaps from wood to plastic are also more obvious.
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Playfield is sanded as level as possible at this stage.
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The badly raised inserts are leveling out.They will of course require repaint etc but for this type of playfield it is a bet
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Same thing other side.
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Prepped and ready for the next clear.It will take more than just application to work it closer to level on this pass .The m
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Clear applied.
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Lower inserts are starting to fill in.There is a fine art to getting this right without over application.It is not a matter
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Highlighting the step here.Notice the gaps in the inserts when ther clear is freshly applied.
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Now better sealed through a process of detailed application at key times during the drying stages.
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This insert is being pretty stubborn so we will keep working at it through out the process.
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More insert gaps to work on.
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Improving.
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This one large round insert in particular is much improved.
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