Well I pulled apart the rest of the bits left on the playfield this weekend - pop bumpers, switches, apron and 3 wood bits/rails. I wanted to start cleaning hard the rest of the playfield in order to get ready for touching it up. Here was a nice toasty surprise under the apron:
I sanded then buffed most if it out. The last bit of burn was not coming out as it was burnt from the side so was obviously very deep. Doesn't really matter though since it's covered by the apron:
My airbrush and compressor arrived during the week plus bought a heap of Hembrol paints too. Just waiting for my frisket so I can get started with the touch ups.
Before that though I wanted to attack the shooter lane and ball arch at the top. There were horrible ball lines all the way that went right down the shooter lane too.
I masked off the artwork at the top of the playfield then went to town with sandpaper trying to get the ball trail out.
I got a tonne of it out but a couple of bits just seem too deep so I don't want to keep sanding a groove in the playfield so I will attempt to paint any remaining bits out. I'm not entirely happy with it yet so will keep playing with it. At the same time I'm not expecting this pin to come out like a HEP or something, just better than when I got it.
The groove in the shooter lane looks terrible with ground in dirt though and nothing is going to change that (already tried sanding it). The only solution I see is to paint it, but my question is what colour? Do I go for a wood colour? I'm sure I have even seen pins with the groove painted black. Sure I could leave it but I figure leaving it will make it look more noticeable than painting it. So any comments/suggestions on how to deal with the groove in the shooter lane would be appreciated.
One final question, the play field had these 2 nails in the outlanes, right where the outlane meets the apron at a 45 degree angle. Can anyone tell me what purpose they serve being in there?
