Cleaning and maintaining your machine

[Mustang Pete]

The Spiderman pinball arrives home tomorrow.. have bought myself a secondhand barrow to get in unloaded and into the house

The first job once installed will to be give it a thorough clean ..

So for general cleaning and polishing etc. What do you guys use. I see Novus mentioned a few times..should I invest in the kit?
Best places to buy ?

What sort of detailed cleaning regime can I do ..without stripping it down too far at the moment

 

[Chris P]

There is some good info on the subject here Pete
https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/general-pinball-cleaning.40847/#post-272755

 

[Deleted member 2463]

Foam cleaner from Pinball heaven and decent wax - use Novus on specific parts only.


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[James]

https://www.theukpinballclub.co.uk/...ine-101-cleaning-a-pinball-machine-playfield/

 

[stoptap]

Foam cleaner.
Gerlitz guitar wax.
Done.

 

[replicas]

I'd use the foam cleaner , then Novus 2 for the stubon wear areas. Then play the game before using a wax to know how much waxing a playfield can speed up play.

 

[stationfire]

Naphtha and gerlitz guitar wax for me

 

[Deleted member 2463]

where are you getting naphtha from?

 

[DanLewell]

You can get it on amazon.

 

[stationfire]

Poundland/dealz have it from time to time - zippo lighter fluid =naphtha

 

[M4carp]

Isn’t Coleman stove fuel naphtha?

 

[thewool]

Third vote for the the spray foam, it's class. Also use it on metal parts after you've Autosoled them.

 

[Paul R Owen]

I'd use the foam cleaner , then Novus 2 for the stubon wear areas. Then play the game before using a wax to know how much waxing a playfield can speed up play.

Indeed. I put wax on the Iron Maiden. Now the balls keep flying off the wireforms

 

[Pick Holder]

Yeah - dont over do the wax. Spiderman is a fast game as it is.

Also a good idea to put in new balls, but make sure you polish them first.

It doesnt look bad - why dont you enjoy it for a few weeks - then strip it down, replace rubbers - LEDs if you want (assuming it still has old style lamps in it) - then clean with the assemblies off.

Treat yourself to a colordmd as well in the future. Maybe mirror blades or art blades from Retro refurbs. @PeteB does some nice ones

You searched for spider man - Retro Refurbs

www.retrorefurbs.com

Have fun - enjoy yourself !

 

[James]

+1 for @PeteB side blades - top quality product which I’m now going to be addicted to...