{"id":562,"date":"2009-08-03T22:50:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T20:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2011-06-15T20:59:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T18:59:36","slug":"too-hasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Too hasty"},"content":{"rendered":"

As is one of my faults, I was once again a little too hasty:<\/p>\n

Having removed off all the grime from the playfield I noticed that there were two particular parts on the playfield where the ball had created small grooves in the playfield which appered to be dirty. So I thought I’d\u00a0clean them up with my Dremel equivalent and the “Polishing Kit Attachment Set”.<\/p>\n

Having never done this before I was surpised how easy it was to “burn through” the “diamond plating” and the graphic right down to the bare wood of the playfield:<\/p>\n

\"Cleaning<\/a>

Cleaning the playfield down to the wood - brilliant!<\/p><\/div>\n

So after this warning shot, I thought I now understood how to handle the Dremel – light pressure and constant movement. So I tried this on another spot on the playfield. It was certainly better, but I still managed to remove the diamond plate of the playfield!<\/p>\n

\"More<\/a>

More damage from the Dremel<\/p><\/div>\n

After this disaster, I though I’d try something easier, so I turned my attention to the edges of the Mylar. I had already decided that I wasn’t going to remove the Mylar, but I did want to clean it up, as some grime had already forced itself under the edges of the Mylar causing ugly dirt streaks in the playfield:<\/p>\n

\"Dirt<\/a>

Dirt under the edges of the Mylar causing ugly streaks<\/p><\/div>\n

To clean this, I used some Isopropyl Alcohol and a cotton bud and gently rubbed the edge of the Mylar. Capillary action made the alcohol seep under the Mylar where the dirt was and actually drew it out:<\/p>\n

\"Dirt<\/a>

Dirt removed from under the Mylar using isopropyl alcohol<\/p><\/div>\n

Although the adhesive under the Mylar where the dirt had been was long gone (resulting in slightly lifted edges) I decided to leave the edges as they were. This will surely be a dirt trap for the future, but I can easily clean the grime out again at a later date. And if this gets too much, I could simply glue the edge down with Superglue. But not just yet (just in case I decide one day to actually remove the Mylar).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As is one of my faults, I was once again a little too hasty: Having removed off all the grime from the playfield I noticed that there were two particular parts on the playfield where the ball had created small grooves in the playfield which appered to be dirty. So I thought I’d\u00a0clean them up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taf.gozzled.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}