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A way to clean paint off of plastics? *SUCESS!!*

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Keroppi:
Thanks for the opinion on restore. The magic eraser is AWESOME. The only bad part is it erases the clearcoat/laquer/whatever finish off of the playfield. The stuff really might as well be fine sandpaper. Rubbing alcohol might not have been the best liquid to use, but it definitely worked better wet (though YMMV)...I thought I was scrubbing pretty gentle in the area by the girls leg, and when I picked up the sponge to see if it was even making a difference, low and behold it took ALL of the paint clean off!  :angry: oh well, at least she's not dressed like a muslim at the beach anymore  ;)

shardian:
I've scrubbed for what has seemed like forever on my CA pin with a magic eraser. I was worried at first about stripping paint, but I haven't even come close. I have worked dry though. I don't think alcohol is very good for the wood.

Keroppi:
I tried working dry, and I was eating up the magic eraser, and it wasn't doing much of a damn thing to the swirls, a real minimal difference at best. The same happened when I tried the magic eraser to clean off a dirt ingrained CPO. I know the alcohol isn't good for the finish on the pf, but in the state it was in, it really didn't matter much, ANYTHING was an improvement. Throw in the rubbing alcohol, and it worked well, almost TOO well on the pf. I can clean a NASTY CPO in like 15 minutes flat to good as new though  ;D.

Evidently you have used it dry with success on a playfield? Did you notice any difference in the finish itself? Like wear quicker, or anything? I'd be interested to know whether the dry method can remove swirls without damaging the finish at all. Because I know without a shadow of a doubt the clearcoat on my playfield is about gone now, though it probably wasn't much there to begin with. I do, however have another pin with swirls that I'd like to clean up, but damned if I'm gonna refinish the whole pf to get rid of some swirls. If it doesn't remove the finish, I may grow enough patience for the dry method on the other pin, but I have my doubts about it.

shardian:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 09, 2008, 02:19:03 pm ---You're getting a nice looking machine for $50, IMO.  Supposed to be a good player, too.

To get that label off... strip the apron, stand it up, turn a can of compressed air upside down, and see if you can't freeze the adhesive on the label.  Screened aprons are a nightmare to clean, though.  Any kind of cleaning solution will dissolve the ink.  :/  I get the labels off best I can and patiently pick at the adhesive with my thumbnail.





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Wonder if goof off 2 would take off the sticker without damaging the apron?

Keroppi:
Thanks for the tip. Yeah for $50 I really can't complain, I bought it dead but it was only dead due to fubar'd coin door wiring, which I still have to get in proper order. At least I figured out which fires fire the machine up, but they appear to coin and start it all in one action. I can live with that.  :)

I don't know that goof off 2 will fix that "decal". I don't know if ANYTHING will fix it. I will take some better pics when I get home, but if you look closely at the pic of it currently in this thread, you might see what I don't think has been accurately conveyed: the "decal" on the apron does indeed appear to be SCREENED right over top of the original. I may be mistaken, but it looks like silkscreen, and it sure as hell isn't a regular decal  :badmood: If I restore, it may come to the point where I will either:
a) be repainting the williams logo on the apron (doesn't sound like any fun, does it?) or
b) leaving that beaten distributor logo as a bit of "patina" (I don't really care for that idea either)

 ???

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