Screen Printing New Playfield Inserts

[@neilforker84]

Wow, that was exceptional. I learned a whole lot, and believe it or not, I was riveted. Really enjoyed the video. I've just been inking the insert surrounds freehand, but if I start doing more game restorations, I need to adopt your silkscreening method, for sure!

[@SvenssonErika]

Loved this, thanks so much for your video! Got an 1956 pinball I plan to restore. The batch photoshop tool is super helpful. Thanks!

[@vincentveary175]

This is an excellent tutorial on the details of screening pinball playfield inserts! Thank you for taking the time to do this for all of us pinball fanatics. We Appreciate it!!

[@mr.dan7144]

This is one of the best tutorials I have ever seen on doing pinball playfield inserts. Thanks for posting.

[@kepler240]

Very interesting

[@jetcom1121]

Awesome tutorial on screen printing !! Great job on the playfield ! Thank you for sharing. It is a lot of work, but the results are worth it . I used to be a screen printer for a couple of defense contractors back in the 90's, printing markings on F-15,F-16,F-18 Missile Rails, and Navy VLS System Components but used Hysol 2 part epoxy inks. I still have some of my stuff around. If I knew how to use photo shop I could make the artwork. Some of the artwork was created on a program called Anvil, but not sure if it even exists anymore. I still have the old program on about 5 3.5" Floppy Disks. lol.

[@yncy]

Such a cool process. Thanks for taking the time to share this! Makes me wish I'd paid more attention in high school art class. I wouldn't mind seeing the Illustrator portion if you ever do another video.

[@dyopp21]

There is just SO much to Illustrator, you’d be better off seeking out videos specifically for drawing with it. Thanks for the kudos though!

[@RetroRepair]

Just what I've been looking for, excellent video. I'm in the process of building a 1:1.6 scale TAF cabinet and intend to screen print my vector playfield. I may have someone who knows what they're doing make my screens seeing this!

[@dyopp21]

Depending on how you are planning to clear coat the final artwork, you may want to check out my video about using vinyl to replace graphics. This is something I tried after doing several screen printing jobs on my playfields and it worked even better than I expected. I don't use two part epoxy to clear my playfields (which would melt the vinyl upon contact) so this method works really well for me and is a LOT less work and cleanup than screen printing. Just to let you know there are other options out there!

[@windgenerator]

Hey David, nice video. Do use or recommend a specific type and/or brand of ink for the playfield?

[@dyopp21]

No brand preference. It just has to be water based. I used Speed Ball because it was easily available on Amazon.

[@sopranos197]

Really inspiring. Great job. Do you send it out for clear, or do it yourself. I would love to see the finished product.