coil paper

[pinball god]

Want to freshen up some coils with bally logos etc and was wondering what paper was used or what people use now. Is standard coloured photo copy paper the go?

[rads]

I just use pre-colored photo copy paper.

[Toads]

It's made from a type of kraft paper and for the life of me I can't recall its name. Anyway hard to find as I tried with no success.
Most people just use coloured paper.
The ones I did were the fawn colour so I test printed on white paper to get my spacing and used masking tape over the top and reprinted.
Came out very well with the texture from the tape on it.
Wrappers are here....http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/

[pinball god]

Thanks mate thats exactly what I want. The tape tip sounds excellent. What glue did you use? Also link does not work and where he links to inkochnito the wrapper does not have the baldly logo.

[Toads]

Was a bit too quick with my pasting, try this link ...http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/
On the bally coil wrappers page it tells you how to convert to the real bally logo, ie
 Print these files on colored paper of your choice.       
Links to the files with logo's are removed due to copyright.       
If you need the file(s) with the logo, copy the link and remove   
 the "_text" from the link to get the other file.       
If you need any coil wrapper, send me an e-mail.   
I just used a glue stick with a piece of masking tape sticky side up to hold it while the glue dried.

[pinball god]

Thanks to Mark for the files and link. Here is my attempt at improving the look of some spare coils I have. I did as suggested and put some masking tape on plain photocopy paper to give it that textured look. I reckon you can be texture photocopy paper but for now this is fine. I also stuck a layer of wide sticky tape over where the last bally logo would be printed and then laid the masking tape over I and the plan paper. I figured I could then peel that area of masking tape off the sticky tape and have an instant wrapper with adhesive on it.

Anyway here is the end result. The only issue I have is I used my inkjet as the laser is out of toner so it bled a little on the masking tape. You learn from stuff like this.

[Crashramp]

That's a big improvement, looks great Rob. It's the little things like this when restoring which make all the difference to the end result.

[pinball god]

That's a big improvement, looks great Rob. It's the little things like this when restoring which make all the difference to the end result.

thanks mate, with a lot of time on my hands I thought I'd try and experiment as many things as possible.

[Toads]

It came up quite well Rob.

[pinball god]

It came up quite well Rob.

all thanks for the files and the tape idea.

[Dluth]

Apologies for the amateur's question, but do coils need the wrapper for their functionality or are they just for looks? I noticed a couple of my TZ coils  are bare, ie have no paper around them and I'm wondering if it's a problem.

[pinball god]

Apologies for the amateur's question, but do coils need the wrapper for their functionality or are they just for looks? I noticed a couple of my TZ coils  are bare, ie have no paper around them and I'm wondering if it's a problem.

cannot see a problem apart from the paper could offer a little protection. The big issue is that you do not know what type of coil is installed unless you're great at visually assessing the wire gauge and the number of turns/windings. So at the moment you are reliant on the fact that he correct coil is mounted.

And yes I suppose a wrapper looks better and more original.

I hope my advise is pretty much correct, otherwise I am sure someone will fix that.

[DSB]

I would say they for protection and ease of identification. The lacquer on the copper wire is quite vulnerable to damage which could cause the coil to short.