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Cleaning Arcade Buttons & Joysticks
orion:
"Randy, he was talking about painting buttons, not a trackball..."
Yea, I mean who would paint a trackball :dunno ;D Novis polish (or any plastic type polish ) does a whole lot in cleaning them though. And I only recommend painting a light coat on the visible parts of the buttons with the Krylon Fusion but usually I just buy new buttons. Bondo it seems bought a bunch of old ones. As far as the rollers you can try polishing them with a dremel or on a polishing wheel if they are really bad. As Randy T says soaking the bearings in WD-40 will help the bearings a lot, unless they are totally shot.
Zebidee:
To clean grim off buttons and joys easily you don't need anything more that some methylated spirits, which you can get for a couple of $$ at the local shop. Sometimes I used tea-tree oil or eucalyptus oil, and these are essential oils with strong cleaning properties. These latter are aussie products, and very cheap here.
Diswashing powders have caustic elements which will not hurt your plastic, but would certainly attack any metal components. Overall though, metho is quicker, cheaper and safer.
Kevin Mullins:
I use Purple Power on just about everything. (cheaper than Castrol Super Clean)
Gotta watch it on cheap plastics though, especially clear stuff. May dull or fog certain types.
It's concentrated and can be diluted to suit your needs.
Some people might oughta wear gloves as well. It'll suck the oil right out of your hands and might burn a bit. Me ..... eh, I've dealt with worse.
Zebidee:
errrg ... keep that stuff away from my machines! Probably good for cleaning oil stains out of driveways though.
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on October 18, 2008, 09:11:54 pm ---I use Purple Power on just about everything. (cheaper than Castrol Super Clean)
Gotta watch it on cheap plastics though, especially clear stuff. May dull or fog certain types.
It's concentrated and can be diluted to suit your needs.
Some people might oughta wear gloves as well. It'll suck the oil right out of your hands and might burn a bit. Me ..... eh, I've dealt with worse.
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Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on October 18, 2008, 09:22:08 pm ---Probably good for cleaning oil stains out of driveways though.
--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on October 18, 2008, 09:11:54 pm ---
Eh ... muriatic acid works better. ;)
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