I blanket them and wrap them up like a mummy when I'm taking them to a show...otherwise they are set up and playable unblanketed when they are in my house...
Phoebe
Quoted from DefaultGen:Are your machines cold?
No....house full of kids and cats....and a dog.....just rip em off n play.....prob just a false sense of security.....started as no way to keep the cats off.................Joey
I saw a picture somewhere that someone made a total cover for a Walking Dead machine. I figured it was to prevent fading.
Quoted from o-din:How often do you change their sheets?
The pins....or the kids....???!!!....................Joey
Quoted from Law:I saw a picture somewhere that someone made a total cover for a Walking Dead machine. I figured it was to prevent fading.
Well that too as RK is against the win-der...............Joey
Quoted from o-din:How often do you change their sheets?
Quoted from Breaking_Dad:The pins....or the kids....???!!!....................Joey
Well the pins do sh#t the bed more than the kids.... .............Joey
I've got my TZ's cab and back box covered with some thick wool blankets when I'm not playing it. It sits in an area where sunlight shines pretty much all day with a couple hours of direct rays right on it.
If you know TZ, then you know why it's covered. My reds are still quite nice and I intend to keep it that way.
Nope, cuz then I'm "reminded" by looking at them to clean the glass and rubbers before people come over. I hate dirty games.
Custom fleece covers secured with to small magnets sewn into the top hem. Keeps dust and catprints off nicely. I may be working up a few to bring to PatZ if anyone is interested. They're nice, uniform and colored to match my games. FT will be green or orange as soon as I gather more material, purple for CV. I found material to do custom Avengers, Spidey, Monopoly, Simpsons and a few others as well.
Quoted from TunaSled:Custom fleece covers secured with to small magnets sewn into the top hem. Keeps dust and catprints off nicely. I may be working up a few to bring to PatZ if anyone is interested. They're nice, uniform and colored to match my games. FT will be green or orange as soon as I gather more material, purple for CV. I found material to do custom Avengers, Spidey, Monopoly, Simpsons and a few others as well.
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Those are pretty cool. If you ever start selling them let me know. I would pick up a few.
Quoted from QuarterGrabber:Those are pretty cool. If you ever start selling them let me know. I would pick up a few.
How many/what colors? I've only sold a few so far, been getting $20 for the solids. PM me.
Quoted from MK6PIN:Here's mine....use it to lay my glass on when working on a machine ( mandatory after I got lazy one night and broke a piece of PDI....costly mistake!!!)image.jpg (Click image to enlarge)
That is awesome! How did you get a TAF blanket? That is a great idea!
Quoted from Stones:That is awesome! How did you get a TAF blanket? That is a great idea!
Thanks....a lucky find on eBay several years back...I ONLY use it for playfield glass, as I want to keep it intact.
I scour EBay when in the mood , under PB title then"collectibles"...sometimes cool stuff pops up...hear are a couple more finds...technically "throws" not a blanket, but close enough ( under the machines, obviously)image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpg
Quoted from TunaSled:Custom fleece covers secured with to small magnets sewn into the top hem. Keeps dust and catprints off nicely. I may be working up a few to bring to PatZ if anyone is interested. They're nice, uniform and colored to match my games. FT will be green or orange as soon as I gather more material, purple for CV. I found material to do custom Avengers, Spidey, Monopoly, Simpsons and a few others as well.
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Nothing wrong with doing that I guess. I don't cover any of mine. When they get dusty I clean em. And if any animal I owned climbed on or scratched a pin... I wouldn't have an animal anymore. Cats are morons.
Quoted from Pauz21:Nothing wrong with doing that I guess. I don't cover any of mine. When they get dusty I clean em. And if any animal I owned climbed on or scratched a pin... I wouldn't have an animal anymore. Cats are morons.
No animals in Gameroom period for me....share your sentiments about cats
Quoted from Breaking_Dad:No....house full of kids and cats....and a dog.....just rip em off n play.....prob just a false sense of security.....started as no way to keep the cats off.................Joey
You say cats? She loves looking at Sparky.
CAM00021.jpgQuoted from MK6PIN:Thanks....a lucky find on eBay several years back...I ONLY use it for playfield glass, as I want to keep it intact.
I scour EBay when in the mood , under PB title then"collectibles"...sometimes cool stuff pops up...hear are a couple more finds...technically "throws" not a blanket, but close enough ( under the machines, obviously)image.jpg (Click image to enlarge)image.jpg (Click image to enlarge)image.jpg (Click image to enlarge)
That's a great idea....! I will have to do some Ebay research
My cats not a problem at all. They just like to lay on the glass, crawl across and leave footprints which shows you just how dusty you've let them get. Hence the covers.
I used to cover my games when there was risk to direct sun exposure, even for a few mins/day. Now that they sit in a basement, they remain uncovered.
my pins in pole barn.spring is here and time to paint.we cover everything.seems to me instead of covering pins on top would be better to have piece of carpet under so moisture from concrete is lessened from rotting out machines..i do keep my cars on carpet in garages.every year in machine tool show so company pay huge money for show carpet use once..i took home every 2-years changed carpet for free.no question this work out well for me.i can understand if some one want to cover.but for us only when we have to..
Sometimes I don't play mine for a while and they get dusty. I have often thought of making some cloth covers that hang just over the side rails and sew little magnets in the corners and at the middle so they hold the cover in place. I think I could sell them if made nice...
Would save a lot of time dusting and cleaning the glass. I have cats too and the paw prints are a pain cleaning. Dusting doesn't get them off you need to get the cleaner out! Bad Cats!!!
Tom
I lay all my shipping blankets across my machines when the blankets and machines are not in use. Takes just a minute and cuts down on having to dust.
Quoted from Stones:That's a great idea....! I will have to do some Ebay research
Seems like a good product to license, playfield printed beach towels! There's a seller on ebay who does custom printing on beach towels all you need is a good pic of the pf!
ebay.com link: Custom Beach Towel Microfiber Super Dry Absorbent Gym Sport Personalized Print
The pincovers are just too bulky and time consuming, there really good for long term storage but using a beach towel is way more convenient.
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