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It's Been a while since a posted on AA,

But thought I'd share what goes into getting a killer clear coat...

 

Got a request to improve upon a Repro Clear coat, but also add some extra minor touches.

Question is can you spot the minor changes done?

 

This is the original clear coat, here you can see, it's glossy but could be a lot better, plus you can see where the clear has sunk or "moulded" into the timber. Looks like lines / ruts in the clear

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Below is an area where I'll be making a small change

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And a small change around this area as-well

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Now the sanding begins, I have to be very careful not to rub though to the art work.

Here you can see, even after a pretty decent sanding there's still those marks in the clear (look in the red sections)

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1st lot of clear (after sanding and those minor touches)

Of note the star inserts have to be plugged to prevent build up of the clear, usually they should come with plugs inserted, but this one did not. So I used my own left over inserts to act as plugs, this is when I found out that the clear was already built up too much, as the white stars did not sit properly in them.

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This time sanded down again in two stages.

Bit more obvious on the extra touches I did here.

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You can see all the extra touches I did in this photo

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After more clearing

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Now sanding down for the buffing and polishing.

Sanded by and with 1500 grit, then 2000 grit

 

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Noticed a flare / fry up, bottom right sling when sanding

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After buffing the lower half of the playfield, it was obvious that the flare / fry up was not going to go away.

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So, I had to sand it down again, re-touch up this area, and re-clear.

In order to have the same level of clear as the rest of the playfield, I focused on this area when clearing for 3 coats, then full playfield clear coats over this.

 

 

Finally looks like it's sorted

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A bit more of a closer inspection

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Onto the final sanding !

Here I'm fixing the gap in the star inserts, I actually do this before each lot of clearing

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You can see how the star is not sitting in the insert

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Now it is

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Now once again the playfield is hand sanded in two stages, ready for buffing and polishing

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And now the end result

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You did an RBION for me recently, just amazing work you do. Anybody with An NOS or blank playfield really needs your magic treatment. Highly recommended.

 

 

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