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Cleaning and Waxing Pinball Machines - Vid's Guide

By vid1900

8 years ago


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    Post #51 A list of pretenders. Posted by vid1900 (8 years ago)

    Post #77 Wax Recommendation Posted by vid1900 (8 years ago)

    Post #1237 Playfield protectors Posted by vid1900 (6 years ago)

    Post #1954 Opening a jar of blitz Posted by vid1900 (2 years ago)


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    #1304 6 years ago

    Never done any repair to a playfield before. looking at picking this up but wanted a head start on repairing the little white spots on the edges of the eye inserts. A Little flesh colored paint then??? Some kind of clear coat just on those spots or should I look at some mylar..Any input would be appreciated...

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    #1308 6 years ago
    Quoted from vid1900:

    You can see that those inserts are moving in the wood.
    So you will need to stabilize them, paint them, then clearcoat the playfield.
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-ultimate-playfield-restoration

    Thanks vid ,I knew you would have the answer. I think It's a bit over my head to strip a play field and try that kind of repair. I'm ok with mechanic's and stuff but not that insert repair, not to mention the time to do it. Oh well I'll keep looking... Thanks.

    #1310 6 years ago

    Fair enough, 30 years old..going to read through your insert repair guide tonight. Might have a question or two...LOL. Cheers.

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    #1373 6 years ago
    Quoted from FatPanda:

    anyone have any tips for cleaning orbits without taking ramps and such off? There doesn't seem to be too much discussion of that. What tools do you use?

    I use a slightly dampened, very well wrung out micro fiber cloth folded over so it just fits the ramp in question. I took a metal coat hanger and cut the long bottom off it where the shoulders of a coat would hang, rounded one end and put a 90 degree bend on the other and use it to push or pull the cloth along.It works great to get dust etc from areas that a vacuum will not get to.

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