Looks like you have you work cut out for you on the top side alone Pafasa............you lucky guy.

I guess you will know more about the mechanical end once you get to dig into it. Have Fun!

Looks like the machine could use some Coin Door parts and a New Backglass as well.

How much money is the owner willing to spend as I can see sinking some bucks into that baby to get it Super Nice?

Ken

Yes, that backglass looks pretty bad.

Looks like at one time somebody repainted the front of the cabinet around the coin door too.

The outside looks fairly grungy but the inside looks pretty nice actually. Should be a fun project. Looking forward to the documentation.

Wow, just wow!

Talk about a daunting project - good luck

Old school. Nice Hurry, Santa is waiting!

Where there's a will, there's a way!
Watching in the midwest!

You might want to check PBRs vacation schedule and plan accordingly...

Good to know that wasp like Gottliebs too!

Hmm, I wish I had your enthusiasm, my old pants might still fit.

Petrified wasp!!!
Teardown 101

Holy Shit...... that thing is gonna need a lot of TLC.
I would check with PBR, Steve sometimes has stuff like this kicking around that isn't mentioned on the website.

For screws like that, I've always extracted them from a parts game. (One parts game goes a looong way, especially for the particular screws that Gtb used.) But the suggestion to ask Steve is a good one. He's got a lot of stuff squirreled away.

yes, I meant to elusive screws.

This guy owes you some big bucks for this fix up! Keep the pics coming!
Joe

just finished shopping my new sweethearts. cabinet has pretty nice oem paint just a little touch up needed.
Buckaroo is next in line for restoration

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Nice. What do you like to use on the playfield? Manual cleaning/waxing, or ?

Sweet Hearts playfields seem to hold up well for some reason.

hot wax and buffer

boilerman,

can you explain the hot wax and how to use it? I just use the old carnuba paste and a buffer.

Thanks,
Jeff

-the plastics were nice to start with a novus 2 cleaning only
-there was a small touch up around the pops
-that rubber looks like it is not in the post groove, will slide it up thanks

(NOTE)--you must use johnson paste wax only it has linseed oil in it that will flash off****
(NOTE)I remove everything from the pf surface even the wood rails so i have no objects to deal with when buffing***

1- clean the pf with simple green crystal clear and a rag to clean all the dirt off
2- wipe the pf down with naptha and a clean rag to get any oil or wax that remains
3-clean the pf with 90% iso and magic eraser until it is to my liking
4-clean the pf with novus 2 until it shines

optional- touch up now if you feel it is required. if you do, I touch up a small area. i seal
the touch up with two light coats minwax wipe on poly. let each coat dry then buff
with a rag and novus 2
5- use johnson paste wax and a heat gun(blow dryer can work but the heat gun flashes the linseed oil faster)
i apply a nice coat of wax the use the heat gun to flash off the wax, it will cloud up fast just keep the heat moving
at all times
6- buff the wax off, i use a 4" buffer the works well. a larger one will work but you do not want one to big.
do not press the buffer to hard you could burn the pf if the buffer is high rpm's
7-repeat steps 5 and 6 until it shines to your liking. i apply 4-6 coats, i do not see much difference beyond that.
8- put everything back together.

that is the way i shop every pf that comes through my collection

This stuff?

http://industrial.simplegreen.com/ind_products_crystal.php

(couldn't find a "crystal clear")

Good info - thanks for sharing.

I was just messing with you Pafasa.

Glad you had a fun weekend with the relatives.

Ken

that is the stuff dirt! i like it better than the green stuff. it rinses off better no film IMO
but the green stuff will work

I'll have to try some next time I run out of the 'green' stuff.

oh, and what buffer do you use? I've been looking at various dual action polishers, but the smallest seems to be 6 inch (without getting a separate backing plate).

I have another playfield cleaning coming up, and thought it would be nice to try something other than by hand for a change...

i use a wen 4" but i think they stopped making them a few yrs back
a friend has a 3" that works good, i think he got at http://www.griotsgarage.com/

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Good stuff. Ill try the heat gun style.

-Jeff

Cool. More toys to search for (and search terms too). Thanks!

The small orbital buffer is the best size for playfields. The 12" orbital auto polisher is kind of big for the job. Orbital buffers are safer to use, less chance of damaging or removing playfield paint. Wool pads for heavy duty polishing. The foam and terry cloth covered for medium to light polishing. Also for carnauba wax application.

Really nice looking pin.

Yep, looks like that Wen 4" is defunct. And the Griot's seems to be the only one out there smaller than 6" (other than a drill attachment), which makes for a short list I guess. I was surprised to not find more options than that.

(wow, I hi-jacked a thread. I feel so alive! OK, sorry.)

Wen is a good manufacturer. Craftsman use to use a rebadged Waxaco polisher, it is/was good too.
I have seen a Meguiars Dual Action polisher. The DA is an attachment for a drill. It is 3 to 4 inches in size. You might want to check their website on that one.

i posted a thread a little while back http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/beat-this
i shopped a lot of EM's and never had one this big mounted under the playfield....WOW
i had the pf on the Rotisserie and fixed everything under that bank that i thought could go bad, once installed in the game you can not get to the parts under the bank.

I rebuilt a Sweet Hearts about a year ago. I feel your pain. I think it's a carryover from the 50's design era, where the score motor board had very little on it, and they just stuffed everything underneath the playfield. There are some long relay banks tucked underneath the woodrails, but I'd have to agree that Sweet Hearts seems to be the high water mark there (but only by maybe 3 or 4 relays).