There is talk of that... halfway down this page: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=11877&page=21
Seems the UV is necessary to activate the process... They highly recommend using black lights for a consistent UV intensity. Anyone feel like getting their teeth whitened? Derek On Mar 3, 2009, at 4:35 PM, mary wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
