Resurfacing ball return tracks - ball marks

~jj~

~jj~

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Hey Guys,

My ball return tracks were in pretty bad shape and needed to be reconditioned and resurfaced. Based on recommendations I resurfaced them with Plasti-Dip which now leaves ball marks on the balls.

Does anyone have any advice on a better product to use or procedure that I can follow to eliminate the ball marks?

thanks in advance,
JJ
 
I have never tried this, or seen it done, but I would imagine if you sprayed a clear coat of some sort over the plastic dip that would help against them marking.
 
~jj~ said:
Hey Guys,

My ball return tracks were in pretty bad shape and needed to be reconditioned and resurfaced. Based on recommendations I resurfaced them with Plasti-Dip which now leaves ball marks on the balls.

Does anyone have any advice on a better product to use or procedure that I can follow to eliminate the ball marks?

thanks in advance,
JJ
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line them with simonis ...:)
 
Thanks for the suggestions.

the simonis idea is pretty tempting, well at least some sort of fabric. That would also reduce the sound quite a bit.

It might be possible that the plasti dip has not yet fully dried as it has been quite cold but it has been a couple days (indoors) since they were sprayed.
 
hard question without knowing what kind of ball return...or the table.

wood? metal tracks? tubes?
 
Thanks, I should have included that.

They are metal tracks from a GC 2.
 
Does anyone know the secret to Diamond's "silent ball return" system? Their's is the quietest I know of.

I like the cloth idea too to lessen dB but like Mr. Bond said, without knowing the table or the arrangement or type of gullies, etc., hard to come up with detailed suggestions.

Quite frankly, though my Anni was originally equipped with a ball return system, when I bought it, it had drop pockets. I've had the ball catch basin removed during the restoration. Before I started the project, I didn'tlike the sound the balls made when they dropped into the plastic-rubber pockets, so I "put-a-sock-in-it"... literally. Each had a sock which worked great to deaden the sound.
 
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