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Removing Playfield Mylar with Freeze Spray

Hugh — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:19:52 +0000

I put up a video almost a year and a half ago on YouTube demonstrating how to remove mylar from a pinball playfield using freeze spray which is actually canned air held upside down. This particular playfield is from my Twilight Zone project I am currently working on. Removing playfield mylar is not impossible to do but as I have learned over the years can be unpredictable.

Pinball Restoration Tips: Removing Mylar with Freeze Spray

When using freeze spray make sure to go slow and the mylar should just “pop” off the playfield. Sometimes that doesn’t happen which if you followed my Dr Who restoration you would see that the mylar on that playfield didn’t even budge. I usually remove all mylar from my games except for the mylar that came installed from the factory (i.e. between the pop bumpers, some ball drops, etc).

How to Remove Plastic Inserts from a Pinball Playfield

Hugh — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:29:20 +0000

Youtube: How to remove Plastic Inserts from a Pinball Playfield

I made a new video demonstrating how to properly remove an insert from a pinball playfield. It was surprisingly easy.

Twilight Zone: Drilling the third magnet hole

Hugh — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:31:45 +0000

Looking back I can’t believe I didn’t post this a long time ago! I made a video showing how to drill the third magnet hole in a Twilight Zone playfield. When I decided to send out my playfield to be restored I decided to go ahead and drill the third magnet on my playfield. Prototype games were designed to have a third magnet on the playfield and this was dropped from the production games.

Here is the video:

watch?v=d5wYlMoQy-4

I did make two tiny mistakes though… watch the video to see what I did

Removing and Installing Pinball Cabinet Decals

Hugh — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:47:23 +0000

I made a few vids and uploaded them to YouTube not too long ago. When you decide to install a set of $300 decals on a pinball machine you better do them right! The videos below are from my Indiana Jones restoration. Look for vids from my upcoming Attack from Mars restoration that I will be starting after we have moved

IJ – Removing Main Cabinet Decals

IJ – Installing Head Decals

IJ – Installing Main Cabinet Decals