Abstract3000
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Hello, I just got my very first pinball machine for next to nothing it is "Alien Poker" The machine currently dosent work but I have a friend that used to own an arcade as well as had his own route for many years and he stated he would overhaul the machine for me so with that set aside he told me he was no artist and gave me little info on playfield restoration.
I have looked up all sorts of methods, There is no pre printed mylar available, No repro's available, Cant find any used, most the people that do it are very expensive and very few even left doing it so its pretty much up to me to hand paint. I have included the graphics below of the problem areas on the playfield but I have a few questions as well.
The playfield overall is good just those problem areas but there is also mylar patches all over (Do these effect the play of the game?) as the playfield isnt the smoothest is there anyway to smooth it out? and notice the pics of the little triangles the ends seem to be coming up from the board as it appears the glue might have worn off, what do I do about that? And what would be someones overall opinion as to what I should do with this playfield and restoring it?
Thanks
I have looked up all sorts of methods, There is no pre printed mylar available, No repro's available, Cant find any used, most the people that do it are very expensive and very few even left doing it so its pretty much up to me to hand paint. I have included the graphics below of the problem areas on the playfield but I have a few questions as well.
The playfield overall is good just those problem areas but there is also mylar patches all over (Do these effect the play of the game?) as the playfield isnt the smoothest is there anyway to smooth it out? and notice the pics of the little triangles the ends seem to be coming up from the board as it appears the glue might have worn off, what do I do about that? And what would be someones overall opinion as to what I should do with this playfield and restoring it?
Thanks