There is no answer for this, as the detail level of each person would be completely different.

Just do it

I think it took me roughly 6-8 hours to clear the entire topside. But this was over 3 nights or so.
But yes, it depends on the person.

the real question is how long to put it all back together?

Ive done it. I'd give myself 1 8hr day to take down and 2 10hr days to put together. That's complete tear down lane guides and all. Oh and the week in between waiting for the stuff you ordered.

i'm about to do it in a week or two, a complete tear down.
man i can't wait, the machine really needs it.
gonna add some extra stuff at the same time.

sounds reasonable.

Would likely take me twice as long when I finally decide to do mine since it will be my first.

I have never done a TAF, but I think honda350r has the record:

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-addams-family-playfield-teardown-jim-mccune-style

Taking it apart is the easy part, it's putting it back together that's the challenge. It totally depends on your experience, what you plan to replace, etc. It could be hours, or days or weeks, or never figure it out and NEVER get it back together, which I've seen other people do hahahaha

It may sound like a bit of work, but if you have access to a large format plotter or printer, I like to scale a schematic of the playfield in Photoshop or similar program and print it full 1 scale (you can get the schematic from the manual). I spray glue this to a sheet of rigid insulation foam (the blue stuff). As a remove stuff from the PF I stick it into the appropriate spot on the schematic and through into the foam. It's a bit of extra work but there is no mystery as to what goes where. Beats the pants off using cardboard and saves you a whack of time on the repopulation.

Do you have any pics of what that looks like drano? I'd love to see that setup, sounds cool...

That's a clever way do do it. I guess you could just take schematic to Kinko's or print shop and have layout made.

You boys are crazy....I'm paying somebody to do this...I'll find somebody in SA or Austin when I need it!

I would also love to see pics of this

+1 It took me about 40 hours plus to completely strip and reassemble my TAF, when I had it CC'd last year.This includes cleaning everything, painting the inside of the cab, swapping out bad switches, flipper rebuilds,adjustments and anything else to make the top look and play as close to new as I could get it. Just make sure you take a ton of pics and then after that take a few more pics. You'll be glad you did.

Moved to the Technical Help sub forum. Pinside Talk is for issues/recommendations with the forum itself.