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Title: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 08, 2009, 11:08:35 PM
Gday all.
Here's a few pics of my Gottlieb Duotron cab that I have recently cleaned to remove years of Nicotine stains .. trying to make her look her best as will be going to Ebay in the next couple of days.. I think she looks a lot better .. a combination of Goof Off, Sugar soap, elbow grease and many beers (for me, not the machine  %.%)

Front view before and after

Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 08, 2009, 11:11:18 PM
Left hand side .. shame about the gouge .. it was there when I bought this game about 3 1/2 years ago

Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 08, 2009, 11:13:56 PM
Right hand side ..
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: Strangeways on April 08, 2009, 11:14:10 PM
Thats a very clean machine after removing all the filthy nicotine !

The gouge is VERY nasty - wonder how that happened ?
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 08, 2009, 11:16:28 PM
Head .. the sides are better too .. but haven't taken pics

Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: ajlaird on April 08, 2009, 11:49:35 PM
That backglass is a ripper - is it original or did you replace it with NOS or something?
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 08, 2009, 11:56:27 PM
Quote from: ajlaird on April 08, 2009, 11:49:35 PM
That backglass is a ripper - is it original or did you replace it with NOS or something?

Yeah the BG is in fantastic condition . It is original .. came with the game when i bought it .. damn good for a 35 year old glass  %.%
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: illawarra_steelers on April 09, 2009, 07:11:56 AM
Dave,

That Doutron looks nice - sad to see you selling her. Are you replacing it with another pin or the Lady Luck?

As mentioned in the Daniel's Magnotron post - really dig that backglass   *%*
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 09, 2009, 10:24:45 AM
Quote from: illawarra_steelers on April 09, 2009, 07:11:56 AM
Dave,

That Doutron looks nice - sad to see you selling her. Are you replacing it with another pin or the Lady Luck?

As mentioned in the Daniel's Magnotron post - really dig that backglass   *%*

Gday Tony .. yes it is sad to see her go .. Lady Luck will be taking her place .. unfortunately I have limited room , as I've mentioned before.
Will probably sell a couple of my other games this year too , to make room for some new ones. Spanish Eyes will be staying though *%*
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: The pinballist formally known as Dean Morgan on April 09, 2009, 11:10:31 AM
Wow that sugar soaps strong stuff even took the plaster off the wall and returned it to bare brick :lol
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: ddstoys on April 09, 2009, 03:30:48 PM
Its funny how some backglasses survived my backglass would be an 8-9 out of 10 aswell. Also that is a nasty little scrape down the side but it all adds character lol Good luck with the sale
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: illawarra_steelers on April 09, 2009, 11:09:24 PM
Quote from: Dean Morgan on April 09, 2009, 11:10:31 AM
Wow that sugar soaps strong stuff even took the plaster off the wall and returned it to bare brick :lol

 :lol :lol :lol

I didn't get that until revisting the pix above....classic
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: pinballowner on April 10, 2009, 09:13:02 PM
The paint on my Soccer is yellowed as well. I was wondering if I could use sugar soap to clean it up and now my question has been answered. I will have to get into it. #*#
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 16, 2009, 12:58:30 PM
Just taking some Pics of this machine for when I put it on Ebay soon.
Thought you might like to see how the PF looks now .. took me 3 years to get around to it, but recently I stripped it (again) and cleaned off the ball swirl and track marks .
Didn't know about the ME and alcohol trick when I originally cleaned it when i bought the machine.



Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: illawarra_steelers on April 16, 2009, 01:16:36 PM
Why not offer it for sale here before eBay?
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: Strangeways on April 17, 2009, 11:57:09 AM
Quote from: illawarra_steelers on April 16, 2009, 01:16:36 PM
Why not offer it for sale here before eBay?

Great idea !

Very nice game, looks like it has not been played all that much !
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: goodolddays on April 17, 2009, 12:00:40 PM
It's actually has a tad over 106,000 plays  #@#
Title: Re: Duotron Cabinet Cleanup
Post by: Extra Ball on April 19, 2009, 06:50:58 PM
Shame about the cab damage, but its very nice where it matters.
 *%*