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What Causes Ball Trails? How To Prevent?

By SantaEatsCheese

3 years ago


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#28 3 years ago

you can't avoid it. That's why you have to clean your games every year or so. Every VUK gets solenoid dirt in them. Every metal to metal side rail creates mirco dust. Standup rubber posts shed. It will happen no matter what you do unless you stop playing. If you want to collect pinball, you have to learn how to do maintenance. no other way around it.

#30 3 years ago

nope, because the dirt is in the areas you can't reach. like in the VUK for the garage door. In the subway tunnels. Ball through. Saucer kickout. Locks. Pops. All those little areas have dirt built up. As soon as the ball goes there, it picks it up, little by little and spreads it through the game.

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