Howdy All, I had a pretty good week in pinball restoration. The best part was that when I was taking things off the playfield, the posts were kind of stuck to the clear coat. When I budged them free I noticed that they 'lifted' the clear coat, and chipped it as well. I guess it was Shellac but it's all off now, (2 distinct layers). It took 3 days of chipping away, but it came off very cleanly in the end.....and except for what's obviously 'wrong' with the touch up, the playfield is in very good condition...When I got the browning Shellac off, the real colours of the playfield came shining through, and I knew for the first time, that I was 'winning' with this machine. I've also managed to clean, polish, and clear coat some brass parts...flipper assembly (under playfield), kicking rubber frame brackets, pop bumper frames, targets and a bit of this and that. And if that wasn't enough, my new repro backglass arrived from the USA. ...like I said, it was a pretty good week in restoration.....Cheers, Mark
