I have another post about a 1975 Chicago Coin pinball machine called "Gold Record". I bought it for $95 and began restoring the playfield. I probably put about $40 into the playfield with paints, clearcoat, sandpaper, new inserts, and new bumper caps.
I'm just finishing up the clearcoat and polishing, so the "after" pictures will be posted soon. My restoration is not perfect. Someone tried to redo the insert circles with magic marker, and it bled through my clearcoat/paint a little. They also had a couple terrible touchups in the blue spaces. I didn't think it would until I had actually sprayed the clear. There were so many colors and straight lines to do that it was really difficult. Also, the wood was literally chipped away in several places around inserts. Inserts were actually falling out on their own when I was moving the cabinet around.
Anyway, here are some before pictures.
I'm just finishing up the clearcoat and polishing, so the "after" pictures will be posted soon. My restoration is not perfect. Someone tried to redo the insert circles with magic marker, and it bled through my clearcoat/paint a little. They also had a couple terrible touchups in the blue spaces. I didn't think it would until I had actually sprayed the clear. There were so many colors and straight lines to do that it was really difficult. Also, the wood was literally chipped away in several places around inserts. Inserts were actually falling out on their own when I was moving the cabinet around.
Anyway, here are some before pictures.
