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Black Knight
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 08, 2009, 07:10:48 pm ---
Cool, thanks for the info. I'm not quite done yet with mine but it's been 23 hours and the stuff looks pretty damn good. A couple really bad pieces need to stay in but I'm quite happy with the ball trough and the metal "plastics". I'll get some pics up to show.
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Ball trough in tumbler: smooth and glinty in light, but a mostly hammered style finish.
Ball trough after polishing by hand: Mirror finish so good my wife could do her makeup using it.
Just sayin'...
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shardian on July 09, 2009, 10:50:52 am ---Ball trough in tumbler: smooth and glinty in light, but a mostly hammered style finish.
Ball trough after polishing by hand: Mirror finish so good my wife could do her makeup using it.
Just sayin'...
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Yeah, but it's not going to stay that way. It's going to get hammered. Plus from what I've read the shiny finish is just going to oxidize itself away anyway.
EDIT: maybe the best path is tumble the parts that really need abrasion, hand polish the parts after?
ChadTower:
On the way home I picked up some Nevr-Dull as shardian suggested. Gave it a shot on one of the trough pieces I just took out of the tumbler - I have some pics of all three stages but not sure they will show the real difference. The polish did improve it after the tumbling was done. It took a lot of buffing to get the oil off of it. No mirror shine but it looks nicer. It concerns me a bit that the can says "do not use on lacquered surfaces" as I don't know how that would react with a playfield automotive cleared.
Still, it's good, and I might use it on some parts later.
shardian:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on July 09, 2009, 06:14:56 pm ---
On the way home I picked up some Nevr-Dull as shardian suggested. Gave it a shot on one of the trough pieces I just took out of the tumbler - I have some pics of all three stages but not sure they will show the real difference. The polish did improve it after the tumbling was done. It took a lot of buffing to get the oil off of it. No mirror shine but it looks nicer. It concerns me a bit that the can says "do not use on lacquered surfaces" as I don't know how that would react with a playfield automotive cleared.
Still, it's good, and I might use it on some parts later.
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I washed the parts in the sink - no soap, just water. Rubbed it with my hands and all the residue came off. Then I just buffed it lightly with a clean microfiber rag. Zero oilly residue and a perfect shine.
ChadTower:
I thought I had all the residue off too. Then I picked it up an hour later and could see I was wrong so I buffed it again. Washed my hands, picked it up again... oily. Mostly, though, it's the warning about lacquered surfaces that concerns me.
And Jim, no I'm not going to nevr-dull flipper brackets. Duh. I'm testing out methods for when I get to the stainless ramps. I used the trough piece as a test because I already had it off the game.
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