Strikes 'N Spares
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Quoted from PinballManiac40:F' It! Let's go bowling!!! Just cleaning and repairing this one for a friend so he can take it to the Houston Arcade and Pinball Expo in November. I expect it to have a lot of plays by the end of the weekend. It is a fun player. [quoted image][quoted image]
Nice. That looks like it's in great shape.
When I restored mine, I blackened the balls. The chrome was throwing me off too much.
I used a hot ammonium sulfate bath and then gently buffed them to a shine. I don't remember the exact formula. I didn't want them completely black. So I made them have subtle swirls of color.
It is very hard to capture in a photo. This was the best I could do. In real life, the blacks and darks are deeper and the colors are a bit more vibrant.
Quoted from Chitownpinball:Back Alley Creations makes the black balls. I have the ones that look like bowling balls...they have silver spots for finger holes.
I saw those. They look great. I almost got them, but wanted more of a marbled look. I got close, but not entirely where I wanted to be.
Quoted from Chitownpinball:14! What you need 14 for???
That's what the game uses. Although 8 are locked up.
Quoted from Chitownpinball:Do you have all 14 in there now?
Ill tell you this; when my game has more than 2 balls on each side, it fails to kick the ball out into the lane and you have to wait for the "shoot again" light to light to be able to try again. I had to go from 3 on each side to 2 to stop this from happening.
Not sure if its common, but you may want to consider before dropping all that cash.
I appreciate that. Mine is the one in the picture above that does have 14 balls (7 on each side). Considering the game, when I rehabbed it, I just re-polished the balls and blackened them myself. But if I had to buy all new ones at that price, I'd probably make do with a few less.
Quoted from ToucanF16:What’s a NOS (still wrapped up) PF worth?[quoted image][quoted image]
Hmm...not sure. I might be interested though. Let me know if you have a price in mind.
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