Saving a Getaway Playfield Flood Victim

Cary Hardy·video·3m 26s·analyzed·Jul 12, 2019

Analysis

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TL;DR

Restoration of flood-damaged Getaway playfield through cleaning, repair, and refinishing.

Summary

Cary Hardy documents the restoration of a water-damaged Getaway pinball playfield purchased at a swap meet. The process involves extensive cleaning, rust removal, touch-up painting, and clear coating to bring the flood-damaged machine back to playable condition.

Key Claims

The playfield was a flood victim purchased from a swap meet in very poor condition
high confidence · Direct statement: 'I know this is a flood victim so I'm hoping to bring this thing back to life'
Extensive rust damage from metal components contaminated the playfield surface
high confidence · Visual assessment and statement: 'This is actual rust that has come off of metal that is up here that I'm going to have to take off'
The playfield required touch-up painting and repainting of damaged sections after cleaning
high confidence · Direct statement during restoration: 'I'm going to end up doing touch-ups and repainting some portions of the field due to damage'
The playfield will cure for approximately three weeks after clear coating before reassembly
high confidence · Direct statement: 'This thing's going to sit for about three weeks, and then we can probably start assembling the game back together'

Notable Quotes

“It is pretty nasty, so what I'm going to do is blow it off with an air gun right here and get all the big stuff off and see what we got.”
Cary Hardy@ 0:34 — Establishes the initial damage assessment and restoration approach
“I know this is a flood victim so I'm hoping to bring this thing back to life”
Cary Hardy@ 1:19 — Expresses the core motivation for the restoration project
“Just getting all this stuff off just by cleaning looks a lot better, but I'm going to end up doing touch-ups and repainting some portions of the field due to damage.”
Cary Hardy@ 2:06 — Demonstrates the dramatic improvement from cleaning alone and identifies remaining work needed
“Got everything off of the back of the playfield now. And bam. Clear coated. Conditioned. Rock solid.”
Cary Hardy@ 2:24 — Indicates completion of major restoration work and protective finishing

Entities

Cary Hardyperson Getawaygameswap meetevent

Signals

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product_concern: Flood damage to Getaway playfield demonstrates vulnerability of pinball machines to water exposure and the extent of remediation required for recovery
high · Extensive rust damage, contamination from metal corrosion, and requirement for extensive cleaning, painting, and refinishing
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technology_signal: Use of aggressive cleaning methods (air gun, thorough nook-and-cranny scrubbing) followed by modern protective finishing (clear coat conditioning) as standard restoration protocol
high · Documented progression from basic cleaning to hardcore cleaning to clear coat application

Topics

Playfield restoration and recoveryprimaryWater damage remediationprimaryRust removal and metal component rehabilitationprimaryPlayfield painting and clear coating techniquesprimaryDIY pinball machine repairsecondary

Sentiment

positive(0.75)— Hardy expresses optimism about salvaging the flood-damaged playfield despite initial poor condition. Tone becomes increasingly confident as restoration progresses and improvements become visible. Concludes with satisfaction about the restoration quality.

Transcript

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What's up guys? So this is what we're doing. We have a getaway playfield that I have purchased from a swap meet that is a lot of people would not even touch. It is pretty nasty, so what I'm going to do is blow it off with an air gun right here and get all the big stuff off and see what we got. So now I've got it out of the cabinet. I've blown all the really big chunky stuff off and looking at the playfield now to see what all kind of defects that I'm going to have to deal with. Just now I'm looking at it and I'm like, well, a lot of these metal parts are all rusted up and pretty much worthless. and we've got a little divot right here but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna see a lot more once I take all this stuff off the playfield so we'll see all right so I've got all the hardware off the playfield except for this post right here and I'll get with that later and I'm looking over and I'm seeing a lot of stuff that I'm gonna have to do touch-ups on or see hopefully all this stuff gets off this is ridiculous for what I know this is a flood victim so I'm hoping to bring this thing back to life we're going to start out doing a basic clean just to see what we can get off all right after a basic clean this is what i can see that i got to work with now it a better but i definitely going to have to do a more thorough clean this is really scaring me up here I not really sure what all I going to have to deal with but it doesn look very pretty at all This is actual rust that has come off of metal that is up here that I'm going to have to take off. So after doing a more hardcore cleaning, getting every little nook and cranny that I could see, you can see that the plate fields are already looking like 100% better. I mean, just getting all this stuff off just by cleaning looks a lot better, but I'm going to end up doing touch-ups and repainting some portions of the field due to damage. And that's going to have to be redone right there, that eject hole right there. Yep, so let's do it. Got everything off of the back of the playfield now. And bam. Clear coated. Conditioned. Rock solid. This thing's going to sit for about three weeks, and then we can probably start assembling the game back together for somebody, maybe myself. I don't know. I've got another playfield to work on. I'm going to determine which one I like better, and that's the one I'm going to use. But yeah, this baby is pretty much done right now. I'm going to finish letting it cure for the next three weeks, and we'll see how things go for the next playfield. Outro Music