HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Playfield Clear Coat

HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Playfield Clear Coat from a Can!

Finally got some good temperatures out here in Utah, so we're ready to practice clear coating our whitewood playfield!! This was a learning experience, as I'd never attempted this before, and the initial approach I took did NOT deliver good results. But with the help of some friends, we tried again and got really nice results!

Table of Contents:

00:00 Intro
00:48 Protective Respirator is a MUST!
3:19 The clear coat I'm using
4:59 Entering the Paint booth
5:55 The WRONG Method
6:16 Lessons learned
8:29 The proper method for SprayMax 2k Clear
12:04 Issues with using a spray can
15:34 Wet sanding
20:43 Using some Naptha
23:51 Sanding the Shooter Lane
24:45 Polishing the playfield
27:06 Next issue I ran into
33:43 Yet another lesson learned
34:23 4th time is the charm!
37:00 Final Result!
38:19 Wrap up!

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Links to Resources mentioned in my videos:

Vid's Ultimate Guide to Playfield Restoration (user: vid1900 from pinside.com)
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/top...

Vid's Guides in PDF's
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/top...

FAST Hardware Documentation - ​​https://docs.fastpinball.com/

Led Zeppelin Pinball Project BoM (Bill of Materials): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Public Files on my Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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