Sweet Hearts 2 Restoration - Playfield

 

Before

First task was to remove the playfield out of the cabinet and place on my rotisserie. Removed all rubbers, lane guides, plastics, pop bumper assemblies, Completely stripped all parts from the top of the playfield.

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Cleaned playfield with ISOCOL RUBBING ALCOHOL and MAGIC ERASER then applied NOVUS 2 and finally applied CARNAUBA WAX. Decided not to attempt any playfield touch-ups. Cleaned all playfield post and all rubbers were replaced. Replaced Pop Bumper bodies, flattened and cleaned all plastics, checked and replaced all bulbs, Cleaned and re-adjusted all playfield switch contacts.

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After


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'Sweet Hearts' was the last Gottlieb EM game to have a Gobble Hole. The last EM game by any Manufacturer to have a Gobble Hole was Williams '1964' San Francisco.
 
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