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Treasure Bay Pinball Polishing Kit

By spinpin

10 years ago

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#1 10 years ago

SDW

spinpin

Pinside member

11y 41,050 81 1 27

Hello fellow pinsiders!

Has any one used the pinball polishing kit from Treasure Cove and gotten the results that they have on their site? I could not find a specific post about this kit so sorry in advance if it has already been posted. I did find a short clip on youtube of it being used on a Taxi game. However, the clip didn't show the end results.

In short my question boils down to this-

Does it shine better than carnauba wax by hand?

Is there any swirl left by the drill attachment? I do woodworking and I know the difference between the end result of a random orbit sander and one that spins in one direction- in essence does it leave swirl marks by using the drill attachment?

#2 10 years ago

FMH

yonkiman

Pinside member

Pacific Grove, CA

12y 55,650 591 2

I'm no expert, but TC's kit is for polishing, carnauba wax is for waxing/protecting afterwards. It worked well for me. You can see a before and after here:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/polishing-diamond-plate-playfields#post-1217544

There are swirl marks in the after because I hadn't finished the job - I was asking if I should continue polishing or call it a day (and not risk removing more paint than necessary).

There are a lot of others who know a lot more about this than I do...

#3 10 years ago

SDW

spinpin

Pinside member

11y 41,050 81 1 27

Thanks for the input and the pics ... I currently use the Novus products by hand but the results on the website for Treasure Cove (sorry I put Bay in the title) look amazing.

#4 10 years ago

SMG

shawngg

Inactive member

Bean Soup, PA

11y 29,900 127 5

I've use the kit twice used the #2 first with yellow pad, and then wiped down clean then applied #1 with black pad wiped again, then applied 2 coats carnauba wax.

#5 10 years ago

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hootowls

Inactive member

Lompoc, CA

10y 27,650 229 3

Better than wax? Yes. Multi-step machine polishing is hands down better than plain wax at obtaining a deep shine. I've used the kit and gotten good results in polishing up the mylar. Don't see any problems with swirl marks but care must be taken with the 2-in wavy pad due to the potential for burn thru on unprotected areas - guess how I know.

#6 10 years ago

SDW

spinpin

Pinside member

11y 41,050 81 1 27

Quoted from hootowls:
care must be taken with the 2-in wavy pad due to the potential for burn thru on unprotected areas - guess how I know.

I am guessing you went to the school of hard knocks on that one! But seriously thanks for the heads up!

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