How much has to come off to clearcoat a playfield?

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I got this quicksilver with some wear, and I want to touch it up then clearcoat it. I looked at the guides on how to touch them up but nothing says how much you need to remove before clear coating.

What I don't relish is the though to stripping the playfield down and labeling all the wires...

What is the minimum I need to remove to clearcoat after touching up the playfield? Do I remove the inserts too??

I only paid $150 ($175 I forget) for this pin, if it were my ST:TNG I would want to do it right. It is not that I want to butcher this game either, I just want to fix it enough.

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Inserts stay.

I would remove everything else.

Some people do remove everything from the top, then drop switches or anything sticking up through the top like sling shot kicker, and stuff something in light bulb sockets to keep paint out.

LTG :)
 
I've seen a number of collectors here that do lots of clears, if they don't strip the PF completely, they drop everything under and use masking tape over any holes on the backside to keep clear going through onto anything.
1 guy does that, and then masks a sheet of plastic film over everything on the back to hold everything not attached, and keep any possibility of anything getting on the parts.

And make sure you level any inserts, especially any sitting a little too high, first, or you'll regret it later...
 
I've seen a number of collectors here that do lots of clears, if they don't strip the PF completely, they drop everything under and use masking tape over any holes on the backside to keep clear going through onto anything.
1 guy does that, and then masks a sheet of plastic film over everything on the back to hold everything not attached, and keep any possibility of anything getting on the parts.

And make sure you level any inserts, especially any sitting a little too high, first, or you'll regret it later...

If anything my inserts are low.
 
I'm sure a light scuffing with a scotchbright pad will be more than sufficient. question is do you want to touch up first then clear or clear than touch up (clear first makes mistakes in touch ups a lot easier).
 
I'm sure a light scuffing with a scotchbright pad will be more than sufficient. question is do you want to touch up first then clear or clear than touch up (clear first makes mistakes in touch ups a lot easier).

According to the guide, if you use acrylic paints it doesn't matter as they can be wiped off.
 
According to the guide, if you use acrylic paints it doesn't matter as they can be wiped off.

to a point yes they can but if it's bare wood then well there's going to be some absorption. besides you want to seal in as much of the old artwork as possible, wouldn't want to damage the existing paint any more than needed.
 
to a point yes they can but if it's bare wood then well there's going to be some absorption. besides you want to seal in as much of the old artwork as possible, wouldn't want to damage the existing paint any more than needed.

agreed, clean,clear, touch up, clear again, block sand, clear. block sand, clear , block sand etc, bufffffffffff
 
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