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Offline Strangeways

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Re: Gorgar tidy up
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 10:43:05 AM »
I have seen Nifti do nasty damage to inserts and raise them and fog them.
Another pin restorer up in Qld was using it & had problems with it.


IF u get all of it off it's not an issue but if it runs into a insert it can be a big problem.

Best product I clean my 50 something playfields with are Baby Bum Wipes.
Why ? They can clean the nastiest shit off and never hurt a delicate baby's skin so I know it will never hurt my playfields. Lol
Also, when the baby wipe stops turning anything other than stark white, you know the playfield n any hardware is now very clean. Sometimes simple for cleaning is best.
After using Mills Wax and the other brands of polish, I always use the baby bum wipes to get any left over polish residues because those polishes are full of petro chemicals.
They can't be good for plastic or wood regardless of what people think or what the bottle says.
Just my opinion but I find best to be safe than sorry. Playfields are too fragile to risk.
Hope the baby bum wipes help anyone who is interested.

Clearly, a "restorer" that has been working on pinballs for 5 minutes.

One of my earliest memories was cleaning a WMS "Ding Dong". Would have been early 70's. The playfield was stripped and cleaned with Nifti and polished with Mr Sheen. This was 40 years ago. That machine is still in exceptional condition. I have been using Nifti on my personal games for 20 years. There is no other cleaner on the market that is even close. I've even used the USA "Mean Green" and is is not as good as Nifti. All APR restored machines are initially cleaned with Nifti. As on many of our restoration threads, a clean rag sprayed with Nifti will clean the playfield better than any product we have used. Hundreds of machines over 50 years - not one single issue.

In 40 years of working with pinballs, I've never seen a cleaning product "fog" an insert. The only way an insert can raise is if force is used against it, or the glue is melted by years of hot #44 globes. I can't see how any liquid can raise an insert.

I think the "restorer" needs to find a new vocation ! %.%
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