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Offline v200juke

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Hotwaxing a playfield.
« on: August 13, 2009, 10:18:00 PM »
Has anyone tried this.I saw it being done on a Tim Arnold dvd and was very impressed.I have just finished a playfield restoration and am hesitant to apply mylar in case I stuff up.The machine is a woodrail so it will not be subjected to a great deal of plays but has a fair amount of touch up, so I do not want to leave it `raw`.If anyone has tried this method I would love to know how it turned out and what is the product that is available in Oz.Stay cool, Mark.

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Re: Hotwaxing a playfield.
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 02:00:50 PM »
I think most people by canuba wax. I scrape some with a spoon & use a torch. You melt the wax, poor it on playfield, & spread it out. You do a small area at a time & works great on older playfields. If it flames up, you blow it out, cool blue flame from wax.
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Re: Hotwaxing a playfield.
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2009, 02:40:37 PM »
I find using canuba and rubbing it in to work well. Once you start rubbing it liquifies and spreads well. A little bit of elbow grease to get started, then it's easy.
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