Tag: playfield restoration
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Space Mission: Before and After Restoration
I’ve been chomping at the bit to post a “before and after” series for this machine, but i wanted to wait till i had it completely finished. I worked on this restore for about 6 months (including cure time for the clear coat). Electro mechanical pinball purists will hate some of what i did, but…
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Spanish Eyes: playfield touch ups
Made some progress cleaning up and doing touch ups. Still need to do some of the black lines.
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Space Mission playfield restoration complete
Last night I finished buffing and polishing the Space Mission. It had been two months since sanding and doing a medium cut buff, which was more than a month after the last round of clear was applied. I was hoping that waiting longer for the clear to cure and using a better tool would give…
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Space Mission playfield: wet sand, cut, and polish!
Wet sanded clear coat at 600/800/1000/1200/1500/2000. Then a medium cut with a rotary buffer followed by swirl remover. Looks pretty remarkable, but I’ve got to wait for a couple weeks because it doesn’t appear to have fully cured yet. I am chomping at the bit to put this back together!
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Clear coating Space Mission
I haven’t been doing anything out in the garage but playing Surf Champ since I fixed it. Last week I broke that habit and put on my nitrile gloves and my respirator and rolled the second to last coat of clear on. Put the final coat on tonight. I know that it won’t be completely…
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More block sanding on Space Mission
Knocked down all the raised spots from overfilling valleys. It is hard work, and I’m thankful that I am not doing another round of fills. There are very small imperfections here and there, but in this case with my tools and novice skills I know that perfect will be the enemy of good. Two more…
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Another roll
Rolled another coat of clear on Space Mission. At this point I’m extremely confident that this is going to turn out well. I still have some valleys to fill, but i think one more dropper round and two more roll coats will do it. It’s already flatter and more perfect than most of the playfields…
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I’m still sanding
Spent about two hours block sanding this playfield after dropper filling valleys and a coat of clear. It’s NEARLY flat, but i managed to sand off a bit of paint in one area (damn!) but i think it’s mostly hidden during game play so i may just leave that. It’s really tough to get these…
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Filling cupped inserts
Filled up all the Space Mission inserts with automotive clear. I think I pooled it up too much in some places and not enough in others. Next step is a full coat of clear.