(Topic ID: 269288)
Alamo Heights, TX
Quoted from scampcamp:Am I being too picky by attempting to polish the roll-overs while doing the metal guides?
How do you go about it?
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I tumble the metal guides, but for the rollovers while I have them popped out of their brackets (for playfield waxing) and they're just hanging there under the playfield, I put a little Mother's Metal Polish on a cloth and thand polish them a bit.
Absolutely. They get tumbled along with all the other playfield metal pieces initially. Occasional minor maintenance hand polishing after that with Mother's Metal Polish.
Always. I see so many otherwise beautiful games where these have been ignored, and it's such an easy thing to clean up. Metal or chrome polish on a cloth is usually good enough to get them sparkling. For really old ones where they're entirely encrusting with gray filth, use a buffing wheel but make sure you're holding it carefully as the wheel will have a tendency to grab it out of your hands and send it flying. And use eye protection.
Yup. If they're not really bad and just doing a quick spiff-up, I do them in place by wedging a wooden chopstick underneath, and polishing with Nevr-Dull wadding.
Otherwise, they come off and get any of a variety of treatments.
Lyon
Quoted from DanQverymuch:Polish sausage, yes.
Do I polish rollovers? If they need it.
Yep. I polish my game's rollovers and enjoy a good "Polish" too! Mustard and onions please.
I've often pondered that. Polish as, "of Poland", and polish, as in "polish the rocket". Seems to me, the latter should be pollish.
I use an actual roller tumbler, not a vibratory tumbler with walnut media and some rubbing compound then if I want everything really shiny I tumble with corn cob media again with some rubbing compound. They typically come out looking better than new and no further rubbing or scotch brute etc is necessary. Now understand if they are actually rusty etc not much will save them.
Quoted from Chisel:I use an actual roller tumbler, not a vibratory tumbler with walnut media and some rubbing compound then if I want everything really shiny I tumble with corn cob media again with some rubbing compound. They typically come out looking better than new and no further rubbing or scotch brute etc is necessary. Now understand if they are actually rusty etc not much will save them.
If they are rusty you can use Evaporust on them and then Scotchbrite pads. They're very easy to restore.
Quoted from jrpinball:If they're too far gone, PBR sells replacements.
Love seeing your avatar when I visit the EM threads.
Wayne is the man! 
Quoted from Tuna_Delight:Love seeing your avatar when I visit the EM threads.
Wayne is the man!
Yeah. I wonder how he's doing. Closing in on 102. I'd like to maybe give him a call.
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