El Dorado
Gottlieb, 1975I acquired at long last an El Dorado. It’s dirty with moderate planking and ball swirls. Some paint has lifted in a few areas but not terrible. What is the best method to clean it? I have a Genie as well and used a magic eraser and isopropyl with mixed results. I have heard people using lighter fluid, naphtha, a magic eraser with simple green, CP-100, etc. What is the best way to clean the playfield without causing a lot of damage? Any advice is appreciated!
This is a good guide. Used it to clean my 72’ playball and black hole
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cleaning-and-waxing-pinball-machines-vids-guide
Me myself, I stay away from anything water base 100% of the time..
Years back, I guess around the time Magic Eraser came out, an old time
collector told me Magic Eraser and mechanic's hand cleaner (creamy, like
GoJo) and never had a reason to experiment with anything else. Pleased
with the results, and after waxing, pleased with the machines performance..
Mopar is right. Old games stay away from water. Naphtha is good to clean as it is alcohol based. I just didn’t use too much elbow grease as it could start to take paint up. But my playball cleaned up Nice!
Well, at least the comedians are out. Anyway, I read vid’s guides and went conservative. Wiped it down with naphtha. I tried a magic eraser on a couple of spots and novus 2 on others. Neither seemed to be doing very much so I decided to leave well enough alone - something I have an extremely hard time doing. Put two coats of p21s wax in it and here’s the result.
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