there's a "what could go wrong" or something like that link on the wiki page, they mention swirling if you use too much (or too strong) peroxide and that heat can warp it.
i wonder if you can do this, and skip the UV lighting part. just do the recipe, if it would be as effective but take longer or what. On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Cyrus wrote: > > Yup! I remember reading through that. The new links here provide the > exact recipie; which is nice. I gotta try it sometime on my Plus... I > have some Atari stuff too that would be fun to see the original > colors! Hmm I think however that Atari was smart and made the 800 > already that yellowed color... haha. (Oops I know I know this IS still > the vintage Macs list!) > I think this also works without harming the plastics, correct? > > > -Cyrus > > > On Mar 3, 11:49 am, Nate Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: >> On *Sat, 2/21/09 I posted the following links, which I guess no one >> read at >> the time*: >> >> http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=11877 >> >> The first one explains the problem in detail (and now links to that >> retr0bright wiki), and the second one is "*A major breakthrough in >> removing >> yellowing from old cases!!!*", i.e. about the whole hydrogen peroxide >> approach to the problem, and which led to the creation of that >> retr0bright >> wiki. >> >> - Nate >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Scott Holder <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ran across this article linked from Slashdot, looks like a >>> potentially >>> promising way to de-yellow our classic Macs. >> >>> http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ >> >>> Scott > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
