Playfield artwork repair techniques

mutts

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Nov 2, 2003, 1:46:09 PM11/2/03

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Hi everyone.....

What techniques can be used to repair the problem
in the below example picture...........

Another T2 owner and I have this problem on our machines.
Mine is not quite as bad and is limited to a narrow arc that goes down
to the wood above the autofire decal but is nearly contained within
the black borders. I have an airbrush and have decent skills with it.
What kinds of prep work should be done? kinds of paint?
is there an out of the bottle williams T2 orange/red? Im betting
i have to mix my own. Clear coat after? Dont really want to
tear down the playfield and remove it. If im doing that I might
as well have it professionally done or find a new one somewhere.

Anyone with experience with this I would appreciate your input.

Thanks in advance!!

Marcel Gonzalez

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Nov 2, 2003, 2:23:34 PM11/2/03

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I'm sure there are experts out there, but here is what I've done before:

Prep the area by taking off the old wax (Naphtha).
You can easily do the painting part yourself with acrylic paints. Do not use
enamel, it's not forgiving to mistakes.
If you can airbrush that small detail, then its okay.
Mix paint colors and paint a spot on a transparency sheet and match it with the
original playfield paint under good lighting.
Black lines can be done with black permanent markers, but before doing the
black, block sand the touched-up area level with 600 and 1200 grit paper.
Stay away from sharpie markers and enamel paint markers. They suck.
Sealing that kind of a small area I usually spot it with varathane. I do a thin
layer, sand, thin layer, sand, etc.
Usually there is sight difference, but it's pretty hard to tell after waxing.

Marcel

Bruce

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Nov 3, 2003, 8:03:39 AM11/3/03

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Thant's gonna be a toughie if you lack experience... Light blue, solid
and large high profile area. I wouldn't block sand, you'll lose more.
Naptha, thumb sand 600 grit, mask, airbrush entire area or you might
try feathering in the touchup to original paint, then redo black. Even
then, I think the area's too big to effectivly spot seal and if you
have that much wear I'm guessing the rest of the PF isn't pristine
either. I'd strip, touchup all and CC.

Good Luck

Arizona Bruce

David Gersic

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Nov 4, 2003, 1:44:44 PM11/4/03

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On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 10:46:09 -0800, mutts <no...@none.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone.....
>
> What techniques can be used to repair the problem
> in the below example picture...........
>
> http://tinyurl.com/tctb

Got a bigger picture? I'm not sure what I'm looking at here.

> Another T2 owner and I have this problem on our machines.
> Mine is not quite as bad and is limited to a narrow arc that goes down
> to the wood above the autofire decal but is nearly contained within
> the black borders. I have an airbrush and have decent skills with it.

Generic playfield damage and touchup. See Clay's site
(http://www.marvin3m.com/fix.htm) for lots of information on playfield
repairs and restoration.

> What kinds of prep work should be done? kinds of paint?

Get it clean, and wax free. Use acryllic paint. You'll have to mix your own
for the orange/red (and personally, I find reds to be the hardest to
match). Black should be easy. Clearcoat the area with a bit of cyanocrylate
(superglue) and sand smooth. Clay covers all this.

It's better if you tear down the entire playfield and clearcoat the whole
thing, but that's a lot of work.