Ok another question I have. I use Butchers Bowling Alley wax on my EM playfields. Seems to work very well just hard to rub off which is OK with me. Does anyone else use this or have a opinion on it
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Dallas, TX
have not tried that product. I use marine wax on my pins.
I would suspect tho, that if your stuff can protect a lane from a 16 lb ball bouncin on it, it shud be gud for pin tables too.
That can might be called "bowling wax" but I assure you "wax" is not used on lane surfaces. Not 50 years ago and not now.
It's used on anything outdoors for protection . A very knowledgeable Pinball guy gave it to me when I bought my first EM pin 5 years ago . I now own 5 pins and use it on all. Just wondered if anybody else uses it
I tried it and did not like it. Yes it works, yes it is hard to get off, and yes it smells! : ) I stayed w/ Johnsons Furniture Paste Wax/Polish. That smells to but much easier to use.
Sana'a
I understand and have read everyone's religious methods of waxing their machines, but in all that talk I never read of anyone using butchers. I have been with it for 5 years waxing 2-3 times a year on 5 machines and they have not desinagrated yet. I was just wondering if anybody else uses it
I don't want to get in any big discussions about other people's waxing habits I was just wondering who out there besides me uses butchers
Quoted from Spider3582:I don't want to get in any big discussions about other people's waxing habits I was just wondering who out there besides me uses butchers
Apparently, no one.
I remember seeing that bowling alley wax a while ago. I almost picked up a can, but then I noticed it had turpentine in it. I'm not sure if turpentine will harm playfield finishes, lacquers, or inks, but if it works for you, I see no issues. Just be careful.
Quoted from Bowlingpin:That can might be called "bowling wax" but I assure you "wax" is not used on lane surfaces. Not 50 years ago and not now.
Only reason I opened this thread was out of sheer curiosity on the name. Man I HATED oiling the lanes when I worked in a bowling alley. Not the actual work, but the cleanup on the machine and adding oil. What a mess.
4 years later
Spider3582 - I got warned off of Butcher’s wax (now being sold as Bowling Alley Wax; Butcher’s went under but the brand was resurrected) for its solvent base. However...the other day I absent minded-ly started applying it to my newly clear coated PinBot playfield (had the can out for something else and just reached for it). While it was HARD to buff off compared to the Blitz wax I have been using for a number of years, that also suggests that it leaves more product in place. I’m always kind of annoyed at how quickly I can tell when the wax has started to go on my games; PinBot plays like an absolute dream with a coating of this stuff.
I was sort of worried about using it on old varnished playfields, but if you’re not finding it to be a problem...
I’ve got a Stern GALAXY that I plan to clear coat eventually, but for now am just trying to keep it well protected and enjoy playing it. Might give the Product Formerly Known as Butcher’s a try...
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