WAXING THE PLAYFIELD
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OK, now we are going to put everything we have learned into practice; we are going to go through the routine of actually waxing a playfield.
1. DOES THE PLAYFIELD NEED WAXING? - Drag your fingers over the playfield right in front of the flippers. Does it have the waxed feel? If you can't obviously feel the protective wax layer, it's time to wax.
2. DO ANY RUBBERS NEED REPLACING? - Replacing rubbers makes a mess of little crumbs and released dust. Do this before you go further.
3. VACUUM FIRST - Now before you do anything, you need to vacuum up all the abrasive coil dust, and anything else that is laying on the surface of the playfield. A vacuum cleans areas that a rag can't reach (like under the Pop Skirts), so don't skip this step.
4. WIPEDOWN - Now here is where you need to make an intelligent decision, so remember what you have learned.
You want to use the LEAST DESTRUCTIVE wipedown step possible.
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You probably DON'T want to remove the existing wax from the playfield. For a routine cleaning, there is no reason to remove old wax.
You DON'T want to use water, alcohol or ammonia based cleaners on playfields with Varathane clearcoats, cracking, planking, peeling, or wear exposing the underlying wood.
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This playfield in question has an excellent, intact Clearcoat, so I wiped it with Novus1.
WIPE-UP.jpg
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You can see that the Vacuum step removed 95% of the dust and dirt, so the Wiping step came back with very little dirt.
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Q: Why did you not use Naphtha for the wipedown?
A: It would have removed the existing wax layer.