Quoted from Firehawk734

What kind of cost is there to ship a pf to sparky?  Can anyone take a guess?  Also, what about from US to Canada?  I'm curious.  

I've had some playfields shipped around Canada and the US.  Cost can really vary by the type of packaging you have.  Cardboard is cheaper but may not be as durable.  Last ones I shipped to the US were in a wooden crate (thanks Adam!) and they cost quite a bit more...but it was quite heavy (and really durable).

I do not know what the US postal service would charge you to ship cross border.  $50?

Here is to give an idea of some work... BZM's Mars God of War playfield.

The good: no huge wear spots

The bad: big insert wear, MASSIVE FLAKING uptop, wear around the pop bumpers, and faded with wear.

BZM didn't want a perfect playfield, just clean. I did do a couple of minute mistakes, but overall, unless you don't stick your face to it, you won't see them. The whole job took me about 13 hours of retouching.

I fixed the bad flaking up top, repainted all the yellowed white under the covered areas back to a nice white, retouched all the insert areas after relevelling them, sanded the wooden areas to make them nice, sanded the ball holes and retouched the paint around them including the ball tracks, retouched all the faded colors to make them vibrant again... yeah, I think that is it.

Well, here are some pics of AFTER (forgot to take some before...)

First one, the center bonus insert area. Every insert had bad flaking around them. The word BONUS was half gone right above them in the yellow area (which was worn bad). This tool a long time as I repainted the wording... with a needle!  

...and up top, it was flaking real bad... I couldn't even touch it. I repainted it all and fixed the ''ball track''. I repainted the white up top as it looked like crap. It is what made me repaint the white everywhere... Insert areas were bad too. Looks nice now.

Here is a shot of the planet area... worn rough but art was still there. I did repaint that center white area as it was cooked nice and yellow.

... and the unavoidable ''mirror'' photo... I love it... Nice and shiny, and I didn't even wax it yet.

Can't wait to get my LOTR CC'd !!!

Your CC looks awesome Sparky...


Steph

There seems to be quite some interest... If ever any of you want to ship your playfield to me, here are my coordinates:

Ian L. Fitzpatrick
1535 Saint-Jean
Saint-Lazare, Qc.
J7T2S2

I will go on a first in-first served basis, but then again it depends on what needs to be done. I prefer clearcoating in a single batch. Makes it easier. I have a few confirmations of playfields coming, but nothing in yet.

I thought you didn't want to deal with shipping.  ?

Quoted from cooke

I thought you didn't want to deal with shipping.  ?

Too much demand... but like I said, if you want to ship a playfield, weigh the cost. You pay for shipping TWICE, and it is expensive if you don't strip the whole playfield. They are much heavier then.

As long as you send it to me in a somewhat reusable packaging, I can deal with it.

You up to attempting my old Addams yet? It has mansion wear and a few other spots that are a bit nasty. Biggest issue is it is one of those TAF pf with the tiny cracks. If your up for a challenge let me know.

I had seen this machine when Jim had it was rough shape.
So now looks allot better i can say.

Quoted from Sparky

Here is to give an idea of some work... BZM's Mars God of War playfield.

The good: no huge wear spots

The bad: big insert wear, MASSIVE FLAKING uptop, wear around the pop bumpers, and faded with wear.

BZM didn't want a perfect playfield, just clean. I did do a couple of minute mistakes, but overall, unless you don't stick your face to it, you won't see them. The whole job took me about 13 hours of retouching.

I fixed the bad flaking up top, repainted all the yellowed white under the covered areas back to a nice white, retouched all the insert areas after relevelling them, sanded the wooden areas to make them nice, sanded the ball holes and retouched the paint around them including the ball tracks, retouched all the faded colors to make them vibrant again... yeah, I think that is it.

Well, here are some pics of AFTER (forgot to take some before...)

First one, the center bonus insert area. Every insert had bad flaking around them. The word BONUS was half gone right above them in the yellow area (which was worn bad). This tool a long time as I repainted the wording... with a needle!  

Quoted from necro_nemesis

You up to attempting my old Addams yet? It has mansion wear and a few other spots that are a bit nasty. Biggest issue is it is one of those TAF pf with the tiny cracks. If your up for a challenge let me know.

If your up to paying for it let me know