You should really take this video down....I've seen firsthand the result of this 'method' of cleaning inserts....Black runs (which you also see in your video) all over the back of the PF. Most real pinball enthusiast wouldn't stand for that and you shouldn't either. A you're inducing a large temperature swing into glue/plastic/wood. That's ignorant. Next you are subjecting plastic to an unknown chemical as canned air based on manuf could be anything. Third you are creating more of a mess.
You will never be taken seriously until you learn to clean your shop.......This is also the stupidest thing i have ever heard. Dont do this people. Now when this game passes threw my door i have to strip the bottom and sand all the shit off you left behind with your chemical clean.
This is the extremely lazy way to clean a machine. You could also crack the plastic insert if it already has small tress fractures from age and use. You also may damage the paint that is on the opposite side by causing cracks around the insert. Just overall not a good tip unless you are looking to quickly make a machine look clean and dump it on someone else.
yeah i wouldn't breathe this and even go so far as to say that you should use an extractor fan, the ingredient they usually add to build the pressure is ethyl chloride, they usually though add other chemicals such as bitterants so you don't huff it.believe it or not ethyl chloride used to be used as a general anesthetic!! until they found it was carcinogenic
They do add something so you cant huff it. Sucks because we use it at work (legitimately) and that smell gets stuck in your mouth if someone sprays it upside down. Yuk!
Sorry, this is bad advice meant for someone looking for a "quick fix". The propellants and additives in canned air are very bad for you, especially guys. The propellant freezes which could stress crack the plastic. The dirt is simply being dissolved and blasted out of the insert and onto the back of the playfield. Yuch! Flammable.
This also works really well on pots, just turn it upside down, spray into the pot, and use some mineral oil to lube them up. The Control Cleaner the sell at rat shack is the same stuff.
well you should have mentioned that due to the expansion of the liquid it gets really really cold (colder than dry ice) so you can get really painful burns of it and you also can shatter things with it if they can't take the rapid cooling, you can even shatter some cheap bike locks with it if you spray like a whole can on them an hit them with a hammer (they withstand the hammer if not frozen but in the frozen state they get really brittle)
Great tip Jeri! - I just tried it on a bad spot i got on my white pants after getting too close to the car after getting a rust-proofing treatment, the compressed air (in my case a mix of propane and butane) dissolved it so i could wick it up with kitchen towels! - Works just as dry cleaning - never thought of that until now. If you ever coud get your hands on som Trichlorethane, this is the best stuff, smells good but is REALLY bad on the environment, cleans evertything, though :-)
Cool tip, Jeri - this is definitely a great use of those compressed air products. Another way to go is benzene (carcinogen? bah, whatever!) and an air compressor, although it's a lot easier to get your hands on a compressed air bottle than it is for most people to get benzene ... :-)
You should really take this video down....I've seen firsthand the result of this 'method' of cleaning inserts....Black runs (which you also see in your video) all over the back of the PF. Most real pinball enthusiast wouldn't stand for that and you shouldn't either. A you're inducing a large temperature swing into glue/plastic/wood. That's ignorant. Next you are subjecting plastic to an unknown chemical as canned air based on manuf could be anything. Third you are creating more of a mess.
robertmee2 2 hours ago
You will never be taken seriously until you learn to clean your shop.......This is also the stupidest thing i have ever heard. Dont do this people. Now when this game passes threw my door i have to strip the bottom and sand all the shit off you left behind with your chemical clean.
yetterben 3 hours ago
This is the extremely lazy way to clean a machine. You could also crack the plastic insert if it already has small tress fractures from age and use. You also may damage the paint that is on the opposite side by causing cracks around the insert. Just overall not a good tip unless you are looking to quickly make a machine look clean and dump it on someone else.
machexster 1 year ago
@machexster I've been using it for quite a while with no problem. Playfields are more robust than you would think.
jeriellsworth 1 year ago
yeah i wouldn't breathe this and even go so far as to say that you should use an extractor fan, the ingredient they usually add to build the pressure is ethyl chloride, they usually though add other chemicals such as bitterants so you don't huff it.believe it or not ethyl chloride used to be used as a general anesthetic!! until they found it was carcinogenic
drumid1881 1 year ago
They do add something so you cant huff it. Sucks because we use it at work (legitimately) and that smell gets stuck in your mouth if someone sprays it upside down. Yuk!
Goingpostal1000 1 year ago
Sorry, this is bad advice meant for someone looking for a "quick fix". The propellants and additives in canned air are very bad for you, especially guys. The propellant freezes which could stress crack the plastic. The dirt is simply being dissolved and blasted out of the insert and onto the back of the playfield. Yuch! Flammable.
Use alcohol and a cotton swab to clean inserts.
websherpa 1 year ago
butane is about the same but evaporate a bit slower so you can wipe it (but not by much) but it's hard to hook a straw to it
I prefer to use "lighter fluid" but it attacks some plastics but it can clean anything !!!
that and isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle
one thing that has been surprisingly effective is a secret sauce called "spray nine", I think it's liquid magic
shodanxx 1 year ago
This also works really well on pots, just turn it upside down, spray into the pot, and use some mineral oil to lube them up. The Control Cleaner the sell at rat shack is the same stuff.
EddieTreat 1 year ago
great tip! though those things do make me high a bit ... ;-)
YoLninYo 1 year ago
Sounds like you might be a little tipsy Jeri, heehee
pumkinvine 1 year ago
Would it be stupid to try this on a mobo? I'd assume so.
shiftplusone80 1 year ago
High as a kite!
Neodudeman 1 year ago
well you should have mentioned that due to the expansion of the liquid it gets really really cold (colder than dry ice) so you can get really painful burns of it and you also can shatter things with it if they can't take the rapid cooling, you can even shatter some cheap bike locks with it if you spray like a whole can on them an hit them with a hammer (they withstand the hammer if not frozen but in the frozen state they get really brittle)
ytxstream 1 year ago
Great tip Jeri! - I just tried it on a bad spot i got on my white pants after getting too close to the car after getting a rust-proofing treatment, the compressed air (in my case a mix of propane and butane) dissolved it so i could wick it up with kitchen towels! - Works just as dry cleaning - never thought of that until now. If you ever coud get your hands on som Trichlorethane, this is the best stuff, smells good but is REALLY bad on the environment, cleans evertything, though :-)
zaprodk 1 year ago
Fun with Flammability!
w0nk0the5ane 1 year ago
Freon is not flammable
ytmachx 1 year ago
@ytmachx "Canned Air" is not freon these days.
jeriellsworth 1 year ago
Cool tip, Jeri - this is definitely a great use of those compressed air products. Another way to go is benzene (carcinogen? bah, whatever!) and an air compressor, although it's a lot easier to get your hands on a compressed air bottle than it is for most people to get benzene ... :-)
dossynj 1 year ago
looks like it works like chassis wash.
subtler1 1 year ago
the smell prob has something to do with the bittering agents.
kkruit 1 year ago
Circut Gril ROCKS THE HOUSE!
Gambit242 1 year ago
@Gambit242 I can't speel.
Gambit242 1 year ago