Curious, when you shopify a pin, how far do you go?
Sure, depends on how ruined or nice it is... but typically...
do you replace...
star posts? lane guides? high voltage contacts (if present)?
entire pop bumper bodies, rings, etc?
brasso the metal ramps and bits?
full flipper rebuilds, down to the bushing and bats?...
I inspect everything.
I wash and clean the hardware.
Plastics get polished, star posts washed and cleaned by hand. As replacements can be of a different color by a few shades.
When cleared, I clean the playfield, Inspect, and touchup if needed, then wax.
I go as far as inspecting all lamp sockets, cleaning or replacing, I will also rework those lamp boards where thr heat from the contacts cause divots in the solder and connectivity is lost.
The flippers, will eventually be rebuilt. I adjusted them in indy and they are fine, one return spring is wrong and will be replaced.
I took them apart, cleaned, and reassembled. Same thing with the coils and sleeves.
Optos cleaned, bridge driver board pulled, all components checked for value, diodes checked.
All boards pulled from backbox and checked for previous signs of work, caps visually checked, if suspect, replaced.
Remote battery mods will be installed.
Cabinet joints inspected, repaired if needed in main cabinet and back box.
Thrn I playtest to find if there are any other areas that require attention.
I have yet to sell a single machine I have acquired.
But no. A shop is not "rubbers and lights"
I inspect it head to toe , fix things once the right way, and not have to worry about bs old operator fixes.
Like coil wires wrapped around the terminal and not even soldered. Bad fuse holders with alumanium foil, or any crap that I would Never let a machine I own have.
Each person is different, but I stay away from flippers.
I can do the work they do, and I enjoy the machine and the challenge.