Attack From Mars - Pinball Playfield Restoration

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Permalink Reply by paladin-ng on February 12, 2010 at 6:39pm

very nice... do you repaint the whole thing?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Weissmann on February 12, 2010 at 6:45pm

Areas that have damage are masked off and each color is airbrushed. There is about 20 hours of repair into this playfield.

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Permalink Reply by paladin-ng on February 12, 2010 at 7:37pm

great, thanks for the tip and VERY nice work.

I have a very small area of wear (all same color) on an otherwise beautiful playfield I had been trying to fix, I didn't even think about masking off and using an airbrush, I had been trying to fix by hand... which didn't work... now I just need an airbrush, but I have an artist friend that I could probably borrow one from!

-brian

Brian Weissmann said:

Areas that have damage are masked off and each color is airbrushed. There is about 20 hours of repair into this playfield.

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Permalink Reply by SeaWolf on February 13, 2010 at 9:09am

Thats what i call expert level restoration!!

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Permalink Reply by Brian Weissmann on February 13, 2010 at 10:52am

Thanks Ted. You need to add a pinball machine to your collection now. -Brian-

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Permalink Reply by Captain Pinball on February 13, 2010 at 10:54am

I agree very good work. It takes much more then just an air brush to restore a PF. You also need the be an artist as well.

Brian Weissmann said:

Thanks Ted. You need to add a pinball machine to your collection now. -Brian-

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Permalink Reply by Brian Weissmann on February 13, 2010 at 11:19am

And it helps that you have a $40,000 automotive spray booth at your disposal. I would never clear coat in an attached garage. My wife would kill me. Automotive clear coating is a bad idea in your own personal garage.

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Permalink Reply by paladin-ng on February 17, 2010 at 3:19am

Hey Brian, is there a specific brand of paint that you use for your airbrush on playfields?
thanks in advance!

-brian

Brian Weissmann said:

And it helps that you have a $40,000 automotive spray booth at your disposal. I would never clear coat in an attached garage. My wife would kill me. Automotive clear coating is a bad idea in your own personal garage.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Weissmann on February 17, 2010 at 9:44am

No specific brand of paint. Actually use different brands depending on the colors. Since I do use automotive 3-part clear coat you need to make sure that the paint you use is compatible with the clear. Enamels are not compatible with automotive clear coating.

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Permalink Reply by paladin-ng on February 17, 2010 at 12:50pm

cool, thanks for the info.

-brian

Brian Weissmann said:

No specific brand of paint. Actually use different brands depending on the colors. Since I do use automotive 3-part clear coat you need to make sure that the paint you use is compatible with the clear. Enamels are not compatible with automotive clear coating.

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Permalink Reply by gatordad on February 17, 2010 at 10:58pm

Beautiful!

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