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TZ playfield as it arrived.This ia rare version with the actual third magnet hole,green lock and other various differ
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The wood on this particular playfield is very soft.As a result the common wear spots are much more worn than normal
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The shooter lanes look workable but there is some screw poke outs in the area to be dealt with.
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Heavily ground in dirt is a concern on the lower section.
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Switch cut out is hammered from the ball drop.
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The rocket kicker cut out is wrecked.Large chunk missing and blacked out.
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The skill shot scoop entrance is worn on 3 of the 4 sides.There is also damage ,deformations and chipping at almost all
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Gumball exit area is worn.
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Large depression in front of the left spiral magnet hole from the diverter ball drop.
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Other grooves and tracking worn around the loop.
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Ground in dirt in the upper portion and the gumball entrance hole is worn as well.
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First I will clean and sand everything up as well as possible naturally.
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All the various problems are being filled to get the structure itself in the correct shape and solidify it.The filler
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The switch cut out was a tough one.Ut took a lot of digging and filling to get back into solid wood and anchor the r
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The various post hole damages were addressed where filler was actually needed other concerns in this regard should be
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Skill shot scoop area repaired.
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Gumball exit repaired.
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Structural repairs are complete and a preliminary clear application will be used to stabilize everything and further
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First clear applied.
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Mini as it came with the main.
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Some ground in dirt.
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Some popped inserts and bordering to deal with.
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Cleaned,prepped.and cleared.Will get more into this later as well.
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The playfield is ready for the next process since the clear and repairs have been curing for a couple weeks.It wi
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I am going to highlight just a few of the many filled and repaired areas that need to be redone in wood tone.
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This is well outside of the wood area and will take a few different reworks to get looking correct.First rework on th
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Playfield is sanded and ready to begin masking.
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Most to almost all repairs have level and bonded nicely.
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After several hours of masking and airbrushing I have all bare wood areas refinished.They are done in a way that prop
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