The flipper bats had yellowed with age; so I used a solution of Lorne's Retr0Bright to return the flipper bat to a bright white:

No... really that is an original flipper bat; looks brand new, huh? I was honestly shocked by the ability of the retrobright to work on the bat.

Then I needed to embilesh the flipper bat a little - so I created a couple of designs in coreldraw:


And decided the simpler one would look better; so I printed the design on clear water slide decal paper:


Here's a comparison of the newly modded flipper bats:


I actually printed two sets of water slide decals and layered them over each other to give a more solid black:

Bottom has two layers. Top is a single layer.

Not pictured - I put three coats of clear laquer over the flipper bats to protect the decals.

While I had the Retr0Brite out; I put them to work on the other white parts:


Here they are getting some Rays (UV/Sun):


They proably could have used another day in the sun; but I had a Xmas Deadline quickly approaching:


After reassembly and some final adjustments - the machine was ready for Santa. Stay Tuned.