how to polish/clean the gold finish on a Bally 6000 slot?

[staz]

i :208-ts all plastic jk......actually the only part out of both my machines that build up a little oxidation is the gold ring on my monte....... i tried a little windex that didnt work, i tried trim shine on it.....made it a little better........i cant tell if its metal or plastic though.........

[stayouttadabunker]

did you try the peanut butter yet?
If it doesn't work...add strawberry jam and make a sandwich... 








I can't believe I just said that...

[staz]

hahahahahahahahahaha

[BR549 Auto Sales]

Well through the cotton and peanut butter jokes, I figured I would try 0000 extra fine steel wool and the gold on the machine looks factory new now. This is what I also use to clean, shine and polish the outside glass of my machines, works great on the chrome finish as well.

[staz]

what do you use to polish it with the steel wool?

[BR549 Auto Sales]

just the steel wool only, no polish or chemical of any type. We used to use it on automobile glass and chrome when I was in the auto paint and body business. Main thing is to use the finest grade you can find, usually 0000 or 00-00-00-00. You can find it at Wal Mart in the paint dept, comes in a bag of rolled up pads of @ 12 or so.

[staz]

ill try it

[Buzz]

Staz  The simple truth is, if you start putting steel wool to your machines, the next post you start will be asking where to take your door to get it re-plated.

Think !!  What is steel wool ???  Little strips of steel with sharp edges. Now what are those little sharp edges going to do to the finish of your machine ?
They are going to remove a very thin coat of the finish.  First few times the machine will look good, but over a period of time doing this, all the finish will have been removed. I did post here I used steel wool on a old IGT PE slant top, but it was a piece of S*** machine before I started on it and didn't much to lose.

Now what is Brasso? Anyone that spent any time in the Army or Navy know that Brasso and a brass belt buckle go hand and hand. ( Oh the wasted hours )
Brasso has some kind of petroleum base with a very mild abrasive suspended in it. Brasso in it's self doesn't polish anything, it's the elbow grease rubbing it on that make the metal shine by removing a very small layer of material. In the Navy we were forbidden to polish the Copper and Brass air lines in the engine rooms because over the years the lines would become thinner and the possibility of bursting. ( We did anyway )

Staz  I don't think you would use Brasso or steel wool on the hood of your car, why would you think of using either of them on the Gold finish of a slot machine!!

BR549 Auto Sales  Just to clear my mind, if you already knew all about the use of steel wool, why did you start this thread ??  Seems to me if a fellow already knows the ans. to the question he ask, it  must have just been  a test to see if the other folks are as smart as he is.

[FORDSBS]

Staz  The simple truth is, if you start putting steel wool to your machines, the next post you start will be asking where to take your door to get it re-plated.

Think !!  What is steel wool ???  Little strips of steel with sharp edges. Now what are those little sharp edges going to do to the finish of your machine ?
They are going to remove a very thin coat of the finish.  First few times the machine will look good, but over a period of time doing this, all the finish will have been removed. I did post here I used steel wool on a old IGT PE slant top, but it was a piece of S*** machine before I started on it and didn't much to lose.

Now what is Brasso? Anyone that spent any time in the Army or Navy know that Brasso and a brass belt buckle go hand and hand. ( Oh the wasted hours )
Brasso has some kind of petroleum base with a very mild abrasive suspended in it. Brasso in it's self doesn't polish anything, it's the elbow grease rubbing it on that make the metal shine by removing a very small layer of material. In the Navy we were forbidden to polish the Copper and Brass air lines in the engine rooms because over the years the lines would become thinner and the possibility of bursting. ( We did anyway )

Staz  I don't think you would use Brasso or steel wool on the hood of your car, why would you think of using either of them on the Gold finish of a slot machine!!

BR549 Auto Sales  Just to clear my mind, if you already knew all about the use of steel wool, why did you start this thread ??  Seems to me if a fellow already knows the ans. to the question he ask, it  must have just been  a test to see if the other folks are as smart as he is.

 

[stayouttadabunker]

Why not stick in the back of your truck and take it to a real auto finishing shop?

[b5srt]

Being a car guy, steel wool will NOT harm REAL CHROME or glass. Body & detail shops use it all the time.

[Buzz]

Being a car guy, steel wool will NOT harm REAL CHROME or glass. Body & detail shops use it all the time.

Players fingers wear the chrome off the play deck next to the Max Bet button. Now I ask you which is more abrasive, a finger or steel wool ??  Try a little experiment for me.
Besides were talking about Gold not Chrome finish

[b5srt]

Being a car guy, steel wool will NOT harm REAL CHROME or glass. Body & detail shops use it all the time.

Players fingers wear the chrome off the play deck next to the Max Bet button. Now I ask you which is more abrasive, a finger or steel wool ??  Try a little experiment for me.
Besides were talking about Gold not Chrome finish

It is a simple fact steel wool does not harm REAL chrome or glass,

[BR549 Auto Sales]

to answer the "why did I ask about how to polish the metal question" when i already had a method of my own, just in case there was a better method out there other than what I have already used in the past, instead I got replies about cotton and peanut butter............ The main reason was because of the gold finish and if another member out there had a specific way of how they polished/cleaned their machines with that finish. Either way the steel wool worked for me and the finish looks like brand new, it isn't like i will continue to polish it to a point to where there is no finish at all, only a complete idiot would attemt such a thing. In the state that the gold finish on my game at this point, all I will have to do in the future is use a glass polishing cloth like the type one would use to clean their hd tv screen, laptop screen, etc. Nevertheless it looks as if it just came from the factory, so i am happy with the steel wool results that i have. Has nothing to do with how smart another member is, we are all here to learn and to share USEFUL information, not belittle members with useless information or make a mockery out of them. Guess I am just a little "old fashioned" when it comes to courtesy. 

[a69mopar]

I went to try the peanut butter, so got it out of the cupboard.  Thought I'd get a drink before I went to it, saw some celery in the fridge, took it out, washed it then filled it with peanut butter.  I took my Jack & Coke on ice and my celery with peanut butter with me, sat down on a slot stool and played the machine until it was time for another drink.  By this time, the celery was gone, tasted great with the peanut butter too.  Took the next drink, sat down and played the machine.  i looked over the machine and damn, the finish looks like new.  Glad I didn't waste the peanut butter.


  I don't know what the weather is where you are, but I'm pretty sick of the rain right now.


Have a good night,
  Wayne

[BR549 Auto Sales]

good post Wayne.

[FORDSBS]

I like peanut butter on my celery also.

[stayouttadabunker]

I personally rather eat the peanut butter than stink up my machine with it...

[a69mopar]

I would have eaten some ruffles potato chips along with "heluva good dip" (not sure if they sell that in the U.S.), however we didn't have any.

w

[stayouttadabunker]

You should have got in the car and go to your local casino and blow a few bucks...
That's what I'm doing in a few minutes...this rain...well...you know...
Remember to pick up a box of chips on your way home...lol

[staz]

i decided im just gonna leave my bally alone.......im gonna take jims advice just a little windex and a fibre towel........ i would not want to peel the finish off it....its to nice of a machine........And my other machine is in minty shape specially now that i used trim shine on my wings they came out brand new........plus i never get fingerprints on them i make every one who plays it just push the bottun with one finger......my house rule is
NO HANDS ON MACHINES ALLOWED!!!!!!!  hahahahahahahahahaha

[staz]

You should have got in the car and go to your local casino and blow a few bucks...
That's what I'm doing in a few minutes...this rain...well...you know...
Remember to pick up a box of chips on your way home...lol

go try the $100 wof 

[reho33]

Saw someone at Sands in PA get 7500, the 4000, then 3500 all in the space of about 45 minutes on the 100 wof.

[StatFreak]

Saw someone at Sands in PA get 7500, the 4000, then 3500 all in the space of about 45 minutes on the 100 wof.

Yeah, but even at a modest pace of 450 spins an hour, he would have played about 340 spins in 45 minutes. If it was a 1 coin $100 slot, that would equate to about $34,000 washed through the machine. If it was a 2 coin slot, then the amount doubles to $68,000. I'm not saying that he wasn't ahead after 45 minutes, but only that those wins ($15,000) aren't as much as they would seem at first glance when you take into account how much money the person was betting.

To put it into perspective, if it were a 3-coin quarter machine, $0.75 * 340 = $255 washed, and wins of 75, 40, and 35 coins would come to $37.50. From what I remember of Staz's pictures, the values on the wheel remain the same (in terms of coins paid) even though the number of coins played varies and the award glass payouts are multiplied.

[stayouttadabunker]

well...home from the casino...
Played $100 on about 20 different machines and went with a $15 TITO to ...guess what...a 5 reel Cleopatra! lol
I hit 5 "Blue Bugs" in a staggered row for over $214 bucks! Whee!!

I then took $100 and sat at a $10 min bet BJ table for about 6 shoes and lost it...lol
In the end, I end up just about even for being in a live casino for about 4 hours!

I got 2 free Pepsi's?
Not a bad way to kill a rainy night...lol