All hail the mighty testors enamel thinner:
...it cleaned the plastics off without causing any further damage; as well as I could ask of any product:
...unfortunately, th paint/nailpolish/whatever the guy used melted/damaged the finish, so in the right light you can still clearly see where the paint was. At least they are presentable now, and under the glass, I don't think it'll be noticeable at all, because the glass will reflect that "right light" instead:
...a large number of "after" pictures have been added to the album:
http://s216.photobucket.com/albums/cc272/Keroppi_667/Gulfstream/ ...it might not look like it, but between the cleaning and a ful novus treatment, it took me over 3 hours to go those plastics back in shape. They have a couple touch-ups to do (that the paint was hiding)...I had such luck on the plastics that I decided to start on the playfield. Never before has "stripping" meant so many things at once here, now she's been stipped to what looks like a nighty
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...just to clarify how much of a tool this guy was, I found a STAPLE in the playfield by the girl's knee. Meaning he obviously tried to staple something over her "naughty parts" before resorting to painting over the sinful bikini:
...I stopped here, to give the playfield a break. I'm sure the thinner isn't nice on the original paint, and I want to damage it as little as possible. It may never come fully clean, I am going to investigate other options to clean off the rest. At least at this point, It is clear enough to get the lines and colors for a re-paint. I am still on the fence as to whether or not to restore the machine, or entirely re-theme it. After a little more work and a tough decision, I will update the thread; should it be moved to either restorations or project announcements, or left here since it's a pinball machine?
...on another note, if I restore, there is a huge issue with the apron to deal with. There is a distributor/op logo that I have no idea how to remove. It almost looks silk'd right onto the apron
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...any suggestions/opinions?