Ann Arbor, MI
Quoted from PinballBillinFL:I've got a question on the best way to 'restore' some of the metal parts in the cabinet,....
Quoted from Mathazar:1 - Use a mixture of Mean Green cleaning and water (70/30) and run parts thru a heated ultrasonic cleaner....
2 - Run parts thru a tumbler (Amazon, about $45) with crushed walnut media for 24-48 hours....
3 - Run parts thru a tumbler with corncob media and an ounce or two of metal polish (like Flitz) for 24-48 hours. I bought two tumblers so I can do the walnut and corncob media runs in parallel.
Everyone's system is their own and more power to them, but for my time & monies I have found I was running through some extra steps.
I don't ultrasonic metal parts if I'm going to tumble them, and I also just eliminated corn media after walnut. Both of these things, I am shocked but happy to say, didn't really give any benefit over a simple 1 step tumbling (of course there is the evaporust step if rust is present).
There's also been some talk of people not seeing any diff'rence betwixt walnut or corn media, so I'm going to try to switch to corn only and see if that cuts down on the ungodly amount of dust it makes.
Again, just another opinion.
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