(Topic ID: 103234)

Playfield cleaning idea/suggestion

By gevan

9 years ago



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    #1 9 years ago

    I've seen lots of great suggestions on this site for cleaning and maintaining a playfield and thought I'd add one of my own. The problem we were trying to solve was how to clean dust and dirt off of a playfield under ramps and in tight corners too small to get at with our hands without dismantling the entire board. We came up with a solution using pipe cleaners, swiffer dry dusters, and scotch tape. We cut a strip off the swiffer pad. Then wrapped it around the end of the pipe cleaner. Then we doubled over the top of the swiffer and taped it to the pipe cleaner. We ended up with a ball of swiffer at the end of the pipe cleaner that could reach every spot under the ramps and past captive pinballs. For the really hard to reach spots, we tied two pipe cleaners together. Worked perfectly.

    #2 9 years ago

    ^^^....pic please..........Joey

    2 weeks later
    #3 9 years ago

    This does sound slightly brilliant

    #5 9 years ago

    +1 for pics, I'm too much of a newbie for a full tear down but experienced enough to understand the value of playfield maintenance

    #6 9 years ago

    Thanks Guys. Sorry for the late post, but we were out of town. Photo posted below. Note that for the extra-long outlanes, it's easy to tie two pipe cleaners together and double the reach. Double points for the first one to post the obvious inappropriate joke. 2014-10-06 17.38.26.jpg2014-10-06 17.38.26.jpg

    #7 9 years ago

    Got me looking on the web. Something like this may also work:

    http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-Tipped-Washing-Cleaning-Decanter/dp/B00N4IN6KG/ref=sr_1_30

    #8 9 years ago

    is that for the really big gals? joe

    #9 9 years ago
    Quoted from luckymoey:

    Got me looking on the web. Something like this may also work:
    amazon.com link »

    Looks like they would work great, might give them a try

    1 week later
    #10 9 years ago

    Ha - Joe. +1

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