Topic: T2000 - surface delaminating

[Tbouman22]

After significant research on this forum I bought my first table and it is a well loved coin-op Brown Marble table. Cleaned off the inch of dust and put all new thin wall bearings and it plays like a dream! That is until I noticed a weird noise by the goalie... The laminate must be coming up because it doesn't roll true and when you push on it you can hear it just a bit. There is no bubble or anything like that yet but I am very frustrated. The surface itself is in perfect shape and I don't see any chips, cracks, or water damage anywhere.

Does anyone have any advice? I saw this post but it was for a single piece body (not a coin-op)... http://foosball.com/forum/index.php?topic=4651.15

I want to have a great game on this later this summer when my brother comes to visit so I can crush him (anyone with brothers will understand that point) but this should get taken care of before then.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

-Taylor

[Tbouman22]

Here are some pictures from Google Drive... Included where I am feeling it separate and that it has been played over 18,000 times lol.
https://goo.gl/photos/q3Kc8tFxMjbNyebW9

[kgstewar]

Great table! Good pictures and like you, I don't see any obvious water damage. I'm going to guess that the contact cement under the laminate at that spot has started to fail. Many things to try but sometimes you can reactivate the cement with heat. If you have a heat gun you can use that but if you do put it on LOW and hold it a good distance from the surface, otherwise you will be headed to the solution of last resort - new playing surface (http://www.shop.tornadofoosball.com/Playfield-Flat-Commercial-Table-TSYOOSPS2.htm). If you don't have a heat gun, try a blow dryer. I'd also take off the rods at that end of the table (remove handles, remove bearings, slide rods out. No need to remove men).  After heating the spot to about 200F,  roll the spot with a J-roller or put some weight on it. Give it an hour or so and if it doesn't stick, you can try increasing the heat but just know it is very possible to damage the laminate with too much heat.