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Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: Chuck on January 28, 2010, 02:01:13 PM
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i picked up my first EM and am cleaning it up. I'm trying something i haven't seen anyone do before so I thought I would post some info here. The playfield had some damage that someone touched up. While they didn't do I bad job I thought I could do it better digitally.
Here you can see the pop bumper area that had been touched up and mylared
(http://www.clhess.com/images/pin/flowerone.jpg)
I shot a photograph of the area and cleaned it up in photoshop. This wasn't the final image (I fixed a couple of minor imperfections.
(http://www.clhess.com/images/pin/flowertwo.gif)
Then I printed the test image on a transparency to test the fit. The image was slightly askew but the color match was close:
(http://www.clhess.com/images/pin/flowerthree.JPG)
I fixed the skew and it lines up exactly:
(http://www.clhess.com/images/pin/flowerfour.JPG)
I'm going to clearcoat the playfield and then print the images on decal paper and apply them to the clear. Once that's done a few additional coats of clear and it should be good. I'm re-doing all of the flowers, the two areas in front of this dish and probably the lettering in front of the drop targets. I'll post more as it's done.
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How cool is that ! Well done Chuck.
Now just remember, you cannot retro fit nucore to an EM, so don't get any ideas &&
I guess you will be levelling off the area with the touch up, then applying the clearcoat ?
What will you be using for the CC process ?
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How cool is that ! Well done Chuck.
Now just remember, you cannot retro fit nucore to an EM, so don't get any ideas &&
I guess you will be levelling off the area with the touch up, then applying the clearcoat ?
What will you be using for the CC process ?
varathane. applying a few base coats to level inserts and wear. Then I sand it smooth, apply the decals, and final clear.