Ms. Pac-man Cocktail got the Simple Green driveway douche this morning. Pics

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Ms. Pac-man Cocktail got the Simple Green driveway douche this morning. Pics

Before:

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During Simple green spraydown:

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After hosing down:

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We'll see what happens when it dries out!
 
If I saw her sitting topless and sun bathing in your driveway like that....I'd hit you up with an upper-decker and run like the wind!!! ;-)
 
Hmm...spraying water inside a wooden box prone to swelling and warping, filled with rust-prone components and electronics...dunno if that's exactly the route I would have gone :D

When I've had cabs that dirty, I usually start by using a soft wide paint brush to break loose all the dust and dirt, vacuum the hell out of it and use some old, mildly soapy wrung out damp rags to wipe everything down.
 
Hmm...spraying water inside a wooden box prone to swelling and warping, filled with rust-prone components and electronics...dunno if that's exactly the route I would have gone :D

If it's as hot in Montana right now as the rest of the country I bet it's bone dry by the end of the day. I also wash my boards in the sink with Simple Green and water. Then I air dry it with my air compressor. Or put outside on a hot day!
 
Hmm...spraying water inside a wooden box prone to swelling and warping, filled with rust-prone components and electronics...dunno if that's exactly the route I would have gone :D

When I've had cabs that dirty, I usually start by using a soft wide paint brush to break loose all the dust and dirt, vacuum the hell out of it and use some old, mildly soapy wrung out damp rags to wipe everything down.

X2 to this
 
Success!

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I've got the underlay on order and I'm bringing the G07 to a guy to go through this afternoon. I just might have a nearly mint Ms. Pac cocktail by the weekend!
 
I just looked now and you can't even tell I did it.
 
Make sure the monitor chassis' dry - water likes to settle under the flyback - causing a nice bacon sizzle sound and pulsing picture (turn it off immediately and let dry for another day - had this happen to me, and after an extra day the pic was perfect)....also if the underlay wasn't rippled before the "wash" it's more or less ruined now - like a book that gets wet, those paper underlays won't recover from water.
 
Make sure the monitor chassis' dry - water likes to settle under the flyback - causing a nice bacon sizzle sound and pulsing picture (turn it off immediately and let dry for another day - had this happen to me, and after an extra day the pic was perfect)....also if the underlay wasn't rippled before the "wash" it's more or less ruined now - like a book that gets wet, those paper underlays won't recover from water.

Bally/Midway is plastic, not paper. They ripple due to the heat coming up from the monitor and more specifically the 2 .25 amp 14 Volt light bulbs right under the board lighting behind the control panel on each side.

I too would not have doused the entire wood cabinet or transformer assembly with water. I strip everything, and wash EVERYTHING (monitor, PCB most of the time, all wiring and metal and plastic) but never wood or the transformer.

I manually wipe down/toothbrush around the top of the transfomer, and then sand and sometimes lightly febreeze or repaint to seal inside, but never soak with water on wood of any type.

Of course the fastest I can do that is about 20 hours of non stop work on a cocktail, usually they sit for months waiting to be reassembled. At least here you had it back and running in a few days with very little work; but a fair bit riskier.
 
Looks great! You are braver than I (and sounds like most here feel that way) to get the inside of the cab that wet, but kudos especially if it works out fine. I have used rags and/or magic erasers on the inside of my cabs and did this this with a Q*Bert recently with the super warm weather.
 
Hmm...spraying water inside a wooden box prone to swelling and warping, filled with rust-prone components and electronics...dunno if that's exactly the route I would have gone :D

That type of Ply is pretty good at resisting water as long as you don't let it soak in it for long periods of time. It's also helps that it's 110+F here to help it dry quickly.

Now if the cabinet is made from MDF, then don't hose it down.


Here is my Joust as I'm cleaning it out....

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Ive hosed out several of those. Ive never had swelling.. I use a bleach spray, scrub it with an old paint brush, then rinse. I do take it completely apart though.
 
That type of Ply is pretty good at resisting water as long as you don't let it soak in it for long periods of time. It's also helps that it's 110+F here to help it dry quickly.

Now if the cabinet is made from MDF, then don't hose it down.


Here is my Joust as I'm cleaning it out....

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Does that seriously have like a foot of water standing in it, or are my eyes just messing with me?
 
I should have sprayed my pacman cocktail with a hose, I spent hours just wiping what I could and it still kinda has a smokey smell when I open it up from being in a bar most of its life. I put a odor eater in it called fresh wave and it did do wonders killing the smell from the inside out though.
 
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