Apron Restoration Method on flipjuke.fr

[Nedreud]

I found this whilst scouring the internet for any information about restoring aprons. It seems aprons are regularly over-looked and the only common fix is a full decal. I bought a full decal from Classic Arcades, Inc., and was totally unimpressed. I wanted to find a technique that would reproduce the painted and screened appearance of the originals. To me, this guy has pretty much nailed it!

http://www.flipjuke.fr/methode-restauration-apron-flipper-t105471.html

To see the pictures you need to be registered on flipfuke.fr and that caused me quite a few problems in itself, so I've recreated the main post below with terrible French to English translation by Google. I gotta get me some of this plotter-cut vinyl stuff! All kudos and respect to papillon on http://www.flipjuke.fr/

Method Apron Catering pinball
by papillon on Thu May 29, 2014 10:22 am

Hello all you little post for a specified method finally my method to restore the apron pinball has 80/90 50/60 years of any brand confused by it all begins






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a shot blaster and all is better now


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once sanded apron I apply a rust phosphating well known to collectors car or motorcycle http://www.entretien-moto.fr/chassis-ca ... nt-272.htm Then paint, for this I use two brand Liquitex and Montanacolors two different products but to me complementary in their teintes.Liquitex with a palette of more than 100 colors and 88 mtn .The Liquitex paint you need a polished finish while the non Mtn.


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the work with white liquitex and two layer varnished Brilliant.


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For drawing I made so sticker cutting plotter resulted unparalleled only closes the colors a little demo on apron of Canada dry (I think this is the K2kl )
For info on the sticker there as a blur this is normal and this film transfer stickers



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Laying the green and red with a little practice at first it's easy for some but like the mini two bally 80


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here is the rest of the apron are the same things does not hesitate if you have any questions I'm here I'll post more photos for bally and gtb 80 Regards Jerome

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[Nedreud]

Re: Method of Restoration Apron pinball
by papillon on Thu May 29, 2014 10:47 am

The Apron Following Gottlieb syst80 "The Amazing Spider-Man" for this one I superimposed two layer sticker is imperceptible under the ice shelf, the sticker is so thin that it allows only one arises if error well it is cooked it tears of fear for this one actually be two all and pasted into a single time by colors so the precision and calm The ball launches






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The apron


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[PinballDaze]

I have a rusty a Gottlieb rusty apron just like the first picture. PM me if you want it for the price of a 4 pack of Thatchers Gold...

Dave

PS Also have a mint one which I may part with.