OK - working on a Dealer's Choice EM. Very dirty, planked playfield, some fade, inserts falling out. Planning on replacing all rubbers and pop bumper caps, rebuild flippers, relamp with #47s. Normally, I remove everything from the playfield, then clean and wax, reassemble. Since this thing is so dirty and planked, I am thinking about NOT removing the posts, rollovers, and standup targets, just work around those with the Novus and wax. Arch, flippers, and launch assembly already removed.
Am I causing more work by NOT removing everything, which gives me a chance to hit the playfield with a 6" buffer, or go ahead and clean and buff by hand? I want to get this done before Christmas - I figure this might be an intro machine a family would want, so I want to move quickly. (10K by Xmas, LOL!)
Pinside doesn't show a price, so I'm not sure where to price it at. I know how much I will have in it (Not counting labor, of course), so I want to at least break even.
Thanks for your thoughts.