So you have finished restoring your Playfield (or have a new CPR playfield), now it's time to repopulate.
Of course you are anxious to hurry up because you are in the homestretch, but, there are a bunch of small steps (aka: time suckers) that will make sure you don't mess up all your hard work.
1. You seriously NEED a rotisserie.
Having one will save you easily 8 hours on the repopulation.
It will also allow you to gap all the switches with the playfield in the horizontal position.
Just do it now, it's $100, hangs on the wall flat when you are not using it, it's made of metal, it will never wear out, you will find 100s of other uses for it.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-quick-and-dirty-rotisserie-guide
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2. Wax the empty playfield.
Here is the only chance you will ever get to wax every square inch of the playfield. A good coat of non-silicone wax will repel dust from collecting in hard reach places. A coat of wax will help your monthly vacuuming be more efficient.
Sure, it's an additional step, but you need to do it.
(before you ask, I find Blitz One Grand Wax lasts the longest)
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