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Protecting your pin...
Sinner:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 17, 2009, 02:54:59 pm ---DMD glare guards are the stupidest looking thing ever. DMD glare is part of the game, IMO.
On an old game, a 'cabinet protector' does nothing other than hide damage that's already there. At that point, it doesn't matter what you use. (Shardian - I'm going to revise the template to show lengths for a few different cabinets) I got a bunch of 'easy felt' which is stiff and sells for $1 for a sheet big enough to make 6 protectors. I also bought some kind of foamy paper stuff that I guess chicks use for something or another, same size and ~$1.25/sheet.
A game as new as Maverick isn't going to require any kind of special cleaning. The easiest thing for me to use has been Mother's Carnuba Cleaning Wax.
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Auto wax??
Sinner:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 17, 2009, 03:09:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: Sinner on November 17, 2009, 03:03:59 pm ---Auto wax??
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Yeah, dude, what does the bottle need magic dust in it or something?
Can you believe I wax my EM's with paste floor wax?
:lol
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I think the magic dust gets cut up on the playfield glass with a razor blade...
I don't actually know what the bottle needs...I'm completely new to this...however, I'm sure if you say auto wax is OK and does a great job, there'll be 10 people who will agree with you and 10 who will disagree and say you're ruining youe machines...
I'm just trying ot gather as much info as I can to learn ow I should care for this thing...
I don't know what an "EM" is...so I can believe it, if you tell me you do it...
Jeff AMN:
Anybody who tells you that an auto wax would hurt your machine would be wrong. Well, as long as that wax is a good carnauba wax. I use just regular old Turtle Wax paste and it's great.
Clean your playfield with Novus 2 and then wax it. Done.
ChadTower:
I use Turtle Wax and it always works well. No special reason for the brand - the local Target carries it so I use it.
I think the magic dust requires a pin2k glass - not enough mirror on the regular glass.
Pinball Wizard:
--- Quote from: shardian on November 17, 2009, 01:55:51 pm ---As for glare coatings, a local pinhead had these neat plastic shields he had on his DMD games. He said he picked them up at a pin show recently. They went under the head, and then have a 45 degree chunk of plastic that blocks the DMD glare from the playfield glass. I'm sure they are sold somewhere online.
You might still have backglass glare depending on your gameroom lighting.
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They where at pinball expo I know. I think it was either Marco or Bay Area that was selling them. They looked good on the few games I played that had them. The only thing is that I was wondering what the heck that was sticking up at first until I saw someone selling them.
I suggest that if your in a home-use machine from her on out then don't use mylar. if you want to ever protect your playfield then clearcoat it. Over time dirt gets under the mylar and the edges look dirty and start to come up. The ball also doesn't roll as much as it slides. When my pinballs where on route it was worth the mylar to protect them with all that play but home use not so much.
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