I'm trying to find out the cleaning/polishing compounds to restore playfield plastics. If anyone has old broken plastics they are going to throw away, please send them to me. Plan on putting findings up for everyone to benefit from. Shoot me a PM if you have anything. Thanks in advance!
Thanks to jonpin, I'll be posting a thread or 2 about plastic repair and cleaning. Many thanks for a box of plastics (still in the mail). Should be fun to see what really helps and what destroys the plastics. I'll also be looking at some glues to see what can be done for chipped corners and non repo plastics that are cracked or broke.
I use Dow "Scrubbing Bubbles" in the spray can to clean plastics. I spray the top of the plastics and let the foam work, wipe it down and use the same wet paper towel to wipe the back. Cleans and shines, and I never had any paint loss. It doesn't do anything for yellowing though.
I broke the only mounting "tip" off of the mountain under the waterfall ramp on WH20. I ordered new ones from Marco then thought, what the heck, and used a drop of Gorilla Glue and stuck the tip back on. It didn't work at first, but once the two pieces got sticky (glue melting the plastic? or just regular bonding time), it held fast and you don't even notice the spot. I have an Op-Pop-Pop with a plastic that is taped together, and plan on trying Gorilla Glue on it to see if it works. If it doesn't I will be interested to see what you come up with for repairing broken playfield plastics.
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