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.
