Next i took on the playfield. As i mentioned it was in fairly good nick, having been mylar covered from new. Only a couple of wear spots... just near the outhole and below the top left kickout hole.
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First i removed everything from the playfield surface, then removed the mylar by heating it with a paint stripper gun (on the LOW setting!) and SLOWLY pulling it up. Luckily only a few tiny spots of paint came up with the mylar that were easily touched up. I used Prepsol (automotive wax & grease remover), and rags to remove the mylar glue.. probably the most painful part of the job!
Next i did the touchups, using waterbased acrylic paint. The orange circles around the bumper areas i had to completely repaint, as i found this very difficult to match... it was just easier to repaint the whole areas. None of the colours were easy to match but they came out ok i think.. they look better than they do in these pics because of the camera flash. Next i covered the whole playfield with new mylar.
Using mylar rather than clearcoating playfields i've found it necessary to cut around the areas where the posts etc screw down... otherwise the mylar bubbles up anywhere anything is bolted down. Cutting around where posts etc are and removing the mylar where the posts sit prevents the mylar bubbling up.
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Next i turned over the playfield and repaired every lamp socket by removing them and soldereing the bases, cleaning out the insides with a 3/8' drill bit and soldering the connecting wire straight onto the middle pin rather than back onto the tag.
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And heres the finished and reassembled playfield... All of the metalwork... coin door siderails etc i polished up with Autosol metal polish. The chrome on the legs was ok so i polished them as well, though i might get them rechromed at a later date.
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The finished machine!!
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