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RETROBRIGHT
Restore old Yellowing computer cases
and plastic
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Many people have wanted a cure to the
problem of aged plastic especially
Commodore users as these machines
were mainly cream in colour, with the
exception of a few models. So How do
you reverse the aging process and
make the cream coloured case that has
yellowed in the sun turn back to
Cream. Many have stated this is
impossible because it is a chemical
change, various chemical have been
used with no success until now..
Taken from the website
"a chance discovery was made in March
2008, by The CBM Museum at Wuppertal
in Germany:
(http://www.forum64.de)
that immersing parts in a solution of
Hydrogen Peroxide for a few days could
partially reverse the process. This
was initially taken up by the Amiga
community in Germany:
http://www.a1k.org
and the idea eventually found its way
to the English Amiga Board:
http://eab.abime.net
where a madcap collection of chemists,
plastics engineers and retro hackers
managed to perfect this concept & put
it on steroids, with help from other
forums."
The results are truly amazing all
yellowing has been removed and the
cases that have been half dipped in
the solution look unbelievable (half
still yellow but the dipped sides are
bright and look better than new) also
keys on machines have been brought
back to life removing the yellowing
process with the solution
http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/
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