playfield cleaning technique

[pinball god]

found this in Belgium. Is this for real or what??? Anyone with a MB or MM or BBB want to give it a try?

[daics3522]

wtf 

[Caveoftreasures]

 it looks really like this old playfield has been made into a coffee table.....unless i am mistaken ?  Imagine it sitting down on its metal legs n flat...it has to be a coffee table , surely  (or the owner has been smoking a bit too much belgium pot) !

[pinmadd]

if you don't water them they won't grow 

[ddstoys]

Ive heard of people taking them down to the local car was and giving them a spray never actually seen some one hosing one down 

[63wizz]

thats just mad, who would even think of doing that 

ian

[rads]

Looks nice and clean now though

[AskJacob]

with those huge rails underneath... is that a pin2k playfield?

Even if staged, that is a more scary image than any horror movie I have ever seen!

I'm sure worse has been done by those who "are not in the know" about these things... sadly...

Cheers
Jacob

[pinball god]

It is a RFM pin2000 playfield and this guy set up a thread of the resto. He has the final photos of the game in action. Not to try and be funny (and no bullshit) but the actual monitor photos seem to be washed out in colour. Coincidence I guess 

Check out all the photos especially page 2 for the washed out monitor shots  and I just noticed the washing of pcb's using the playfiled clean method

http://ericpinball.mijnbb.be/work-in-progress-rfm-restauration-complete-t400.html

[AskJacob]

You can clean PCBs in water if you must, as long as a few things are observed...

1 - no EM devices (switches, relays, dip switches) or coils on the PCB
2 - another water removal agent used as soon as possible - Isopropyl or Methylated spirits rinse
3 - board then allowed to dry thoroughly in a warm area.

But again, I would personally go: shellite (only if nasty-dirty), Metho/Iso, then drying. Soap and a hose ... well ...  suppose it works for now... but long term... sheesh!

Cheers
Jacob

[pinnies4me]

Should have tried that on the HH - would have saved about 20 hours of cleaning and polishing.

Might not have improved the rust/corrosion side of things though come to think of it!   

[Wotto]

hahahaha - that image reminded me of myself a few years back getting hosed down in the yard by the Mrs after a MASSIVE night out   
There was bits on the outside of me , that were meant to be on the inside of me and the hose soon got rid of them   

[FreePlay]

I reckon it would be ok to hose down a playfield as long as you let it dry out completely in the sun afterwards & don't use detergents etc- not that I would try it myself though. Sure would make cleaning easier & I don't think the moisture would have enough time to cause rust or corrosion

Where i've worked we used to wash PCBs quite regularly and as long as you let them dry completely there were no issues

[AskJacob]

I reckon it would be ok to hose down a playfield as long as you let it dry out completely in the sun afterwards & don't use detergents etc- not that I would try it myself though. Sure would make cleaning easier & I don't think the moisture would have enough time to cause rust or corrosion

Where i've worked we used to wash PCBs quite regularly and as long as you let them dry completely there were no issues

It's not rust or corrosion I would be worried about really, it would be the swollen timber, delaminating ply and eventual planking/cracking of the playfield surface that would be inevitable after such a soaking!

At a guess, playfields are NOT made with marine ply!

Cheers
Jacob