Hook
Data East, 1992I have a Hook that I just got in June and it is my first pin.
The playfield and electronics are in great shape thanks to my friend 'shopping' it for me before I took it home, I was just wondering if there's such a thing as too much cleanup?
I know with some collectibles too much restoration hurts the eventual resale price - is it that way with pins?
Thanks in advance from a newbie...
I would so no, the cleaner the better as far as resale goes. It also seems with pins that have not factory original "mods" IE: LED lights, powdercoated rails, toppers, etc raises the price. That all depends on the buyer though, some people are not a fan of LEDS and would not want to pay the higher price.
Also replacing any broken plastics, putting new legs on, replacing playfield glass does not hurt resale. No one is jonesing for a Funhouse with the original rusted legs, broken backglass channel, scuffed up Rudy lip, worn shooter knob yadda yadda yadda. Condition is king. Most people want them as nice and fully operational as possible.
The other side of the spectrum is people that want a beater machine to restore themselves, but they are only going to be willing to pay a lower price anyway.
Quoted from PW79:vintage can of Spam however...
mmm delicious old mystery meat....
Pinball is one of the few collector pieces that restoration actually increases the value. But on that note it makes 100% difference in who is doing the restoration.
Quoted from PinballShawn:But on that note it makes 100% difference in who is doing the restoration.
So true, sometimes you can do more harm than good with "restore" work. Please clean your machine though.
Quoted from redman822:I have a Hook that I just got in June and it is my first pin.
The playfield and electronics are in great shape thanks to my friend 'shopping' it for me before I took it home, I was just wondering if there's such a thing as too much cleanup?
I know with some collectibles too much restoration hurts the eventual resale price - is it that way with pins?
Thanks in advance from a newbie...
it can't possibly be "too clean"... so no, "too much cleanup" doesn't exist...
however, "restore" means a lot of different things to different people...
Quoted from Prmailers:Get yourself a buffing wheel and get to work!
(through a wire wheel on that 7" grinder and get to work) hahah
Totally agree, the only way you lower the price is if you break something or mod the machine irreversibly.
By MOD I mean to include doing a crap hack job on a paint restore and clear coating over the top... etc.
DO no harm- cleaning is never bad.
Through cleaning, polishing, wax, new ball, new rubber, new plastics, new flippers (many come "pre-broken" on old machines), rebuilt flipper mechanisms, these are really great ways to make a game play a LOT better, that anyone with a little time and willingness to read instructions and ask questions can accomplish without damaging anything and actually improving things.
Great, thanks. That's what I thought, I just wanted to be sure. My friend already replaced the flippers, rubbers, took everything apart cleaned/polished/waxed for me before I took it home.
Now I just have some body touchup and paint the legs to do - inside the body there appears to be a lot of black 'coil dust' residue. Any tips on how to clean that without causing damage to anything inside?
PICS... of what you need to deal with will really help... hard to say what you mean by inside the body.
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