Hi! Awesome thread, I already feel like I've learned more than enough to make a real mess out of things! Practice makes... poverty?
I'm preparing to have my JP playfield cleared by an auto body shop, so I'm depopulating it to minimize later misery, and I'm running into issues getting the nails and wireforms loose.
Yeah, nails. Three-inch finishing nails, driven right into the playfield under some of the plastics. They're in there good and tight (they make a nice ping when I flick 'em) and I'm guessing they weren't part of the original design. They're getting a bit rusty but they feel pretty solid. Should I just leave them there? Removing them means hacking them off and drilling out the dreg because who knows what's going to come up with them if I just grab hold and pull. Why would someone do that, anyway?
In other "should I pull on this?" news, I'd like to change a rusty wireform that's beating my poor captive ball all to hell. Edit: It's definitely through-and-through, the other end of the wire pokes up through the underside of the board. Should I just tap kinda-gently on it to push it back through? Thoughts on leaving the other wireforms where they are and just taping over them so they don't get sprayed?
(Edit: The answer was "Just pull on it")
Walnut Creek, CA
