okay, long answer but it is other needed info on cleaning
hot water, dish soap, a washing cloth you don't mind losing (because it will have silicone remains on it and other nasties, and muscle
soak them in very hot water and dish soap and then take them out one at a time and scrub scrub scrub rinse with as hot a water as you can stand and towel try each one and set them aside on a another try cloth
if you haven't take them off yet and you can keep track, it is good to keep the bottom half the same as it was on the table when you removed it...it isn't a super big thing but the rod seats in that bearing half and sort of improves with age (until it actually breaks down but this takes a very long time and a ton of use)...if you mix them up, it isn't any real big deal but if you can start the same as the table is set now you can make better decisions on what kind of shape your bearings are in and if you should flip them
if this is too late, don't worry about it
Also, you want to clean the rods real good when you get the bearings off
you should use a rag and muscle and either hot water (my preference) or alcohol as some on the board prefer
don’t leave water to linger on your rods when you are done cleaning…dry them with a dry cloth
use hot water or alcohol on all surfaces, inside and outside, cabinet, playing surface, men, and interior (especially clean the ramps and goal backs real good)…make sure you don’t leave moisture on any metal surface
you don’t want to leave any foreign substance on the table and no moisture that may cause corrosion
this full big time cleaning will take a couple of hours to do it right but it will be well worth it, when you are done, you will be very very happy with the outcome…you will feel you stole this table and you will know the table better and you will know you have a really fine piece of machinery that can literally last a life-time with basic maintenance
you will not have to do this again so take your time and be very through, detail counts this time…you are dressing up and protecting your very good investment – make it count and see just how good a job you can do…like, get some tooth picks and a soft thin absorbent cloth and work at getting all the dirt from the cracks around the inside of the table along the side-strips on corners where is frequently builds up…whatever, there may be a better way, I am just trying to illustrate go the extra mile to make the table like new as much as is in your power
going forward keep the table up is just about wiping things down every so often to keep the dust and grime clear and silicone as often as you like…I don’t spend more then 30 minutes a year and my table is still like new and it is 3 ½ years old…so do the work now while you are excited and it will pay dividends over and over
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