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Protecting your pin...
Pinball Wizard:
Novus #2 is great stuff. I use it on my games and it is great but ONLY AFTER WIPING PLAYFIELD DOWN! Use a spray cleaner and clean your playfield first, then use Novus. Without cleaning all you are going to do is buff in dirt into the playfield and seal it in with the wax part of it.
ChadTower:
Isn't the point of using a polish to avoid putting a thin liquid onto the playfield at all?
Xiaou2:
Depends on what you consider Polish:
Novis, is a Polish that is Destructive. It contains abrasives, which when scrubbed,
smooth out the rough surface.
Some may say "Pledge" is a polish. But, as far as I know, its simply a wax/oil
blend... with no abrasive materials. Therefore, its non-destructive polish. To make
the surface look smoother, it fills in the cracks with itself, as well as coats the surface.
Novis does not really contain enough wax to be considered a protectant IMPO.
Not sure it really is / has wax actually. Its more like a wet carrier that smooths
on... when it dries, you can then buff that gritty material on the feild. It does not
seem to leave any residue behind at all. Anything left over is dust/powder that
blows away.
Pinball Wizard is correct as well, in that you shouldnt apply wax / polish down
without removing / cleaning the old stuff first. The old wax will have absorbed dust,
metal flakes, plastic flakes, and carbon soot into it. If left unchecked, the crud will
end up grinding their way down into the playfeild surface / mylar, doing damage
over time.
There are official playfeild waxes which have a strong carrier liquid which can remove
crud as you go. However, this does not always work so well. Its like mopping
a dirty floor with dirty water + some new clean solvent. Yeah, it will get some stuff
up... but you still end up pushing a lot of filth around instead of removing it all.
Anyways, as said, the reason I love F21, is that its a Polish that its a
Non-Trapping, Non-Flaking, Non-Destructive Filler-Polish... and it creates
a clean low friction, High gloss surface that is very easy to maintain.
EDIT: And it has UV Blockers, to protect your Playfeild art, as well as the Cabinet
artwork. Buy it for your Cabinet art alone, if anything else.
shardian:
I give credit where credit is due:
Xiaou, you have given a clear, concise argument without attacking anything or anyone. Congrats bro, and I don't mean that in a sarcastic way. You've convinced me to look into this product further.
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on November 25, 2009, 11:44:04 am --- Depends on what you consider Polish:
Novis, is a Polish that is Destructive. It contains abrasives, which when scrubbed,
smooth out the rough surface.
Some may say "Pledge" is a polish. But, as far as I know, its simply a wax/oil
blend... with no abrasive materials. Therefore, its non-destructive polish. To make
the surface look smoother, it fills in the cracks with itself, as well as coats the surface.
Novis does not really contain enough wax to be considered a protectant IMPO.
Not sure it really is / has wax actually. Its more like a wet carrier that smooths
on... when it dries, you can then buff that gritty material on the feild. It does not
seem to leave any residue behind at all. Anything left over is dust/powder that
blows away.
Pinball Wizard is correct as well, in that you shouldnt apply wax / polish down
without removing / cleaning the old stuff first. The old wax will have absorbed dust,
metal flakes, plastic flakes, and carbon soot into it. If left unchecked, the crud will
end up grinding their way down into the playfeild surface / mylar, doing damage
over time.
There are official playfeild waxes which have a strong carrier liquid which can remove
crud as you go. However, this does not always work so well. Its like mopping
a dirty floor with dirty water + some new clean solvent. Yeah, it will get some stuff
up... but you still end up pushing a lot of filth around instead of removing it all.
Anyways, as said, the reason I love F21, is that its a Polish that its a
Non-Trapping, Non-Flaking, Non-Destructive Filler-Polish... and it creates
a clean low friction, High gloss surface that is very easy to maintain.
EDIT: And it has UV Blockers, to protect your Playfeild art, as well as the Cabinet
artwork. Buy it for your Cabinet art alone, if anything else.
--- End quote ---
Xiaou2:
Thanks Shardian.
But, just so ya know.. I really rarely attack, unless Ive been attacked in some way first.
I used to sit there and take it.. but as the years passed by, I got tired of eating crap
and bad attitudes. Now I dish it right back at the people who throw it... until they finally
get tired of it, and realize its not worth it anymore.
Sadly, this can really create a negative environment initially. But when you
consider the alternative.. such as 'board bullies' running rampant & unchecked, it can
be beneficial in the end. Even if it does not completely stop these peoples behaviors,
it can at least help tone them down several notches to bearable levels.
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