Whitewater Restoration – Sanding the playfield
Now that I’m back from a weekend of skiing in Utah.. I got a chance to spend a little time over the past couple of days working on my Whitewater restoration.
The project for the past couple of nights has been a deep cleaning and sanding of the playfield. I’ll admit – this isn’t something most people do because removing the wiring harness is pretty daunting. Once everything was removed, I slid the harness on to a piece of old playfield glass – then on to a shelf.
This is the filthy backside of the playfield – notice the magic black dust
To clean the backside, I sanded it with 120 grit sandpaper on a random orbital sander. Some have claimed that a random orbital sander takes forever – but it seemed to go pretty quick. After about five minutes, things started improving quickly:
The playfield backside with the right side sanded
It probably only took about twenty minutes in total to sand it – and I think the results were worth it!
Nice ‘n clean!
Next up – polishing the topside and power washing the wiring harness.