Any suggestions regarding the best ways to clean up old classic bally cashboxes from the late seventies/early eighties? I've got several boxes, all with surface rust and staining. Paint, powdercoat, etc. ?

#2 5 years ago

desertT1

Tucson Pinball

Vail, AZ

12y 72,550 4,033 23

I cleaned, then sanded off the loose rust, and then sprayed it withVarthane just to see how that took. It actually went well, but I have to take the box out to collect coins. No slope starts to hurt under the fingernails.

#3 5 years ago

KRW

whitey

Blocked

11y 2,784

Chrome it !!!

#4 5 years ago

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solarvalue

Pinside member

11y 107K 3,514 8

Tough to keep them from rusting. I used Evaporust to clean one up - worked great. Then I used Rust Prevention Magic but it still started to rust again after several months.

#5 5 years ago

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ForceFlow

Pinside Moderator

9y 238K 31,369 268 14

Steel wool or evaporust, polish, then wax.

#6 5 years ago

MAT

rack-em-up

Pinside+ Frequent

Vancouver, WA

6y 47,650 127 4

Thanks for the tips!

#7 5 years ago

Madmax541

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 110K 2,059

How about powder coating it's?

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