Excellent idea for backglass restoration

[illawarra_steelers]

http://www.seriousviewers.com/spooks/bg.htm

http://www.seriousviewers.com/atwpin/atwbg.htm

[ddstoys]

Wow tony Nice find ill definately be having a go at that for some of my backglasses for the wall

[illawarra_steelers]

Yes, seeing this has really got me thinking - have 2 glasses that need doing (Gottlieb Gondalier from 58 and Williams Domino from 1951) - maybe this is the way to go?

[ddstoys]

Like he said scan the whole thing and if you stuff it up then just print out a whole backglass ive doen a reverse Marathon backglass from a dodgy internet photo on a4 paper and that looks pretty good so a scan should work great

[ajlaird]

To me it sounded like it wasn't as good a restoration method as paint, but the big advantage was that it was a lot easier to obtain a decent result.

Certainly worth investigating, especially if you are a bit newer to restoration work.

[pinnies4me]

Anyone know where you can get a high quality scan of a backglass done? be nice for one or two very rare ones as a back up in case of breakage (heaven forbid).

[ajlaird]

Anyone know where you can get a high quality scan of a backglass done? be nice for one or two very rare ones as a back up in case of breakage (heaven forbid).

These guys might be worth checking out: http://www.cpcs.com.au/contact-us.php - haven't used them but they look like they could do the job.

[Strangeways]

practice makes perfect - I'd be really pooing my pants scraping a backglass !

[pinnies4me]

These guys might be worth checking out: http://www.cpcs.com.au/contact-us.php - haven't used them but they look like they could do the job.

Excellent - thanks for that!

[ddstoys]

Hey Nino
              I scraped my Firepower backglass and i to was pooing myself but it comes of really easy one you get started

[Mr Pinbologist]

Definitely an interesting resto technique!! I actually have been thinking of trying something like this for some time now, i did something similar on my MIBS and Klondike backglasses for the white areas around the score reels to repair the flaked off white ink.. i used white adhesive label, cut out and stuck onto the cleaned off glass, worked a treat.. especially on the Klondike glass.

[Pinfan]

Hey Nino
              I scraped my Firepower backglass and i to was pooing myself but it comes of really easy one you get started

Any pics ?

[ktm450]

Good idea, Looks great without the machine on, but I think when backlit the thickness of the paper would be very noticable. 
The second method where only the non translucent areas have been touched up looks better