Quoted from mjthompson:I finally picked up the Jay-Ball. It's a little rougher than I remember but I'm very happy with it. Let me know what you all would like for pictures and I'll upload them to the DB. If there's another game with examples of the pictures you'd like to see, point me in that direction.
Does anyone have any threads for "shopping" this era of game? I'm in the middle of a Space Station resurrection so I'm not going to get to it for a while but I'd like to start reading up on it. I'd like to start by doing a good cleaning and fix up anything that's broken or missing, for example, there are several pins missing. I doubt I'll do a full restoration but any references would be appreciated.
The Howard products are a god send for this era of games. I strip the playfield and put all the metal into the heated ultrasonic then polish in walnut media with Flitz in a brass tumbler. I coat the playfield in Howard Feed N Wax, let it absorb and re-coat, repeat until the playfield stops absorbing any, then wax with Blitz. For the cabinet, I use Howard Restore A Finish, then follow with Feed N Wax until it stops absorbing and wipe off excess. Once all the metal has gone through the tumbler, I hand polish with Flitz, then coat with Renaissance Micro Crystalline Wax And Polish, then do the reassembly.