Hello everyone!

I recently purchased an ASM through pinside and plan on cleaning the playfield before creating a custom playfield protector (from 0.02" PET-G). The playfield shows it's age and history with all the ball swirls and cracks. Overall, I'm satisfied with the playfield having most of it's art intact. Before beginning the playfield cleaning process, I made sure to read VID's extremely long (and extremely helpful) post on cleaning playfields. From what I gathered, the playfield should be cleaned with as little force (effort?) as required. Naphtha will be my friend along with some pre- and post- naphtha vacuuming. I bought those nifty vac attachments from amazon for around $10. I've "cleaned" playfields in the past using Novus 2, but I'm not so sure that's the route I want to take on ASM, especially given the paint condition. I'm just hoping for any tips or tricks, expectations, any feedback or recommendations you guys have before I dive into this project. My DE tmnt playfield was cleaned using novus 2 on mylar to shine it up, light magic eraser with 91% on wood/paint exposed areas, and the playfield turned out looking sharp, especially with playfield protector on top.

Thanks!

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Thanks Northerndude! I will test questionable methods undernearh the apron. Stay warm up there in the north.

Thanks srcdude! The condition of the paint doesn't bother me too much. I just want it to be relatively clean for my custom PET-G protector. As long as naptha does a decent job removing some, or most of the surface grime, I'm good.

Yeah, I bought a new set of drop targets from the guy who sold me this machine. I'm planning to clean the playfield and add new rubber rings, new back glass, and the custom playfield protector, before adding the new targets. Also, I'll be cleaning all edge connector contacts, recharge display one (faded), refurbish both pop bumber boards, and replace any caps or diodes that need replacing on the power supply. Wish me luck!

Fyi - I need to be careful when using the vacuum/brush attachments. A small fleck of paint at top of the 3X insert vanished into the vacuum. Now I'm paranoid about using microfiber and naphtha. Maybe I'm worrying too much. Wish me luck. I just want this playfield paint to stay intact for my new PET-G custom protector.

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