I spent the last couple of afternoons cleaning/polisihing of some of the playfield parts, namely the upper ball gates and posts and post screws.
So here are a few pics of where im at with it at this moment... in the 1st pic, (though not entirely obvious)
the left one had not been done and the one on the right is all cleaned up, they were covered in black crap! I dismantled the ball gates to clean them properly, i cut the hinge pin out with pliers to get them apart, andsimply used a nail as a new pin.. cut to length and peened over with a ball peen hammer to stop it falling out. I used a wire wheel in the electric drill to clean them, followed by a polish with Autosol.
Next i cut out the areas of the mylar where the posts go (2nd pic shows this) before fitting the posts. This is necessary because the mylar would bubble up where the posts are screwed down otherwise, and look awful!
And finally a shot of the posts screwed on, I polished the posts by spinning them in the electric drill, and using Re-po Paint Doctor on some rag.. works a treat!! the post screws got the same treatment, first a light sand with 800 grit paper then the Re-po Paint Doctor.. (works well as a metal polish too!)
