It's for deep cleaning places like you are showing, area with ground in dirt trails.
It is abrasive, so if you used it everyday it might be bad for the PF but its nothing to worry aboot. If you can get those trails out with just naphtha, then you won't need novus. It's lighter fluid, don't let yiur kids drink it and they'll be fine

I personally would never put glass cleaner on a PF.

Honestly it isn;t complicated at all; you're way over thinking it.

You're going to need Novus 1, 2, & lighter fluid anyway, so just buy them all.

I understand this is your first time so you're trying to be very careful and that's cool, but we are basically spending all day explaining how to put air in you bicycle tire

Here's the truth, using any of these for your first cleaning is going to have 0%* chance of harming ANYTHING.
If you're worried, just use the least potent item first and work your way up. If you are able to get out those filthy dirt trails with novus 1, then by all means use it.
If it doesn't worth, naphtha, if not than novus 2.

*the only issue you really have to worry aboot is SERIOUS PF damage. And unless there's an optical delusion, is this a 'tear' in the playfield? Casue that might change some things.

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The ramp looks like its got a little chunk of plastic stuck under it?

Yeah mylar explains some of it, what the heck is the round part by the pop bumper? More dirt that worked its way under the mylar?!

Not on mine

Ah yes I see it now. Very confusing.

You should really just buy a small thing of lighter fluid form a store...unless you feel like you need a gallon jug (you don't)

Happened a decade ago, and the new stuff has been cleaning just as well the entire time.
Naphtha is not a "thing" anyway. They don;t mine naphtha out of the ground and put it in a bottle

Rabbit hole.

Rabbit hole, that's not we're talking aboot here.

If you're wiping down a PF for CC and all that, you aren't using a 6oz bottle of Ronsonol. This "mystery formula" has been used by people for a long time and seems to be fine. I'm sure he'll make it through some lite cleaning OK.

True, I usually use it more for for rubbers myself. Hey, another reason to go straight to Novus 2 in my book

I mean really, we don't need to worry. Everyone is pretty sure Novus 1 will easily take all the filth off so the 'Mystery Petroleum Blend" won't be wildly used.

Flame polish you gotta have all the ramps removed...its easy but i would advise against it for the first cleaning. Leave that for when you're more seasoned...like removing the mylar.

What? Novus 1 didn't take out the ingrained ball trails?!?