i have often thought about gold-plating the metal on my royal guard to properly pimp it out...

@the op... as far as powdercoating interior parts to protect them... do you plan on allowing wasps to move back in?

i'm being a wiseguy there on the wasps, but keep in mind that once you have cleaned the machine and it is living in a climate controlled household, the environmental conditions aren't going to be as conducive to destruction...

i wouldn't trust em not to get there... they are persistent little things...

yea, there's a few topics about removing that wonderful "old pinball fragrance"... i'm rather fond of it myself, but there are ways to get most of it out...