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Is there a lot of moister damage as well? Sometimes that comes hand in hand with termite damage on wood.
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Quoted from vid1900:If you put your ear up to it, can you hear clicking?
Nightmare flashback of the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode with earwigs. Shivers!
Quoted from vid1900:It does have that Powder Post Beetle look to it.
if it has an active infestation
BURN IT WITH FIRE!!!!!!
i'm restoring a NOS field with the same holes. Worm tunnels all over. Just fill them in and not much else you can do.
Quoted from joemagiera:Nightmare flashback of the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode with earwigs. Shivers!
It was a female, and she laid eggs
You can fill the holes with resin or bondo or 2PAC, but if there are still powder post beetles larva inside, they will chew their way out a new hole.
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For small items freezing or heating may offer a possible solution. CAUTION: Heating or freezing may have detrimental effects on some finishes. Placing small items in a deep freeze for 4 days or longer should kill larvae and
eggs. A refrigerator freezer does not get the temperature low enough to give control. Heating in an oven until the
internal temperature reach 120° F and keeping them at this temperature for 30 minutes also will control eggs and
larvae.
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http://www.cceoneida.com/assets/FactsheetPDFs/Beetle-Powder-Post-Beetles2.pdf
Hi, Thanks for all. That holes was made by a Chilean wood eater called "the wood moth" is a Chilean moth (I live in Chile) and her larvae loves wood.
Most of the time they are not there. But just in case I fill the holes with a specialized insecticide and the wrap the cabinet in wrapping plastic and leave there for a month. That kill them if there just one inside.
But the problem now, is that I have done this in cabinets. And cabinet is not problem fill it with bondo. But.. What could be a good filler for the Playfield? Fiberglass? Bondo? Wood paste? And then paint it with wood color?
Thanks!
You'll want to vault the game with a professional extermination company before bringing it anywhere close to your home or building. If they can burrow into the wood they can burrow back out just as easily, so filling holes provides no safety... do that after fumigation, and it should be possible to restore. Fumigation may cost as much as the game is worth, which is why some people just burn it... but restoration is more noble, just keep the receipt for a future buyer, else they'll be in the same position you are in.
I wouldn't take that game for free.
There's a nice one for sale for $475 right here. Though PA is a long way from chile.
A game formerly inhabited by mice? Sure, I'd take it if it wasn't too badly damaged. A game eaten and inhabited by bugs? Oh heck no. I'm not going to risk bugs jumping from one game into the house and/or other games.
Leave it outside and play the hell out it until the legs fall off, then have a ceremonial bonfire. But keep the componets and backglass.
Quoted from ForceFlow:A game formerly inhabited by mice? Sure, I'd take it if it wasn't too badly damaged. A game eaten and inhabited by bugs? Oh heck no. I'm not going to risk bugs jumping from one game into the house and/or other games.
Don't trust those mice jumping from game to game either 
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I think the issue is Chile... wishing luck.to the op. I'd think epoxy wood filler would work well in this app. Once you've killed the bugs
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