What I did to remove the CRT was simply to lay it flat on it's face, undo all the screws, then lift up the CRT and the metal frame, and slide the front part out... It worked well for me, and I did discharge the CRT first. (There were no big sparks or anything, in fact nothing happened at all.) The CRT and frame sat on my floor for a few days while I un yellowed the case. I did pop out all the apples of the things I un-yellowed, just to be safe.
Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) -------------------- Hobbittech.com Mac Specialist - Low Cost Mac Services in AZ On Jun 23, 2009, at 9:27 PM, Sterling wrote: > > Thanks for the link Abel, that's some good information! > > I liked that some of them created those pages and described the > chemical process in more detail. > > Thinking about the Gel stuff, I think for now I'll stick with the low- > fi method I'm doing. > But I did buy a clear plastic container today to help the parts get > more sunlight; one is about 7 inches deep for the smaller stuff and > the other should fit a case sideways. > > Seems to be working well, with none of the side affects listed on > those pages. > And nothing complicated either, just some bottles of Hydrogen > Peroxide, water and some scoops of Oxyclean. > Doesn't get much easier or cheaper than that. > > But the hard part I fear is going to be removing the CRT and stuff > from the front of the Mac Plus/SE units and finding a safe place to > hold that while I de-yellow the front. > > > > On Jun 23, 9:23 pm, Abel Ortiz Monasterio <[email protected]> > wrote: >> A few months ago, someone on this board posted a link to site where >> someone >> had used pretty much the same formula, but instead of a solution >> he made it >> in to a gel, that kept him from having to dip the case, paint the >> gel over >> an it stays. >> >> I haven't had time, I'll try it one of these days, here are the >> links in >> case some one wants to try it out. >> >> http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ >> >> http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/Using+Retr0Bright >> >> Abel >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You can use blacklights instead of the Sun. Just needs to be a UV >>> source. >> >>> Sonny Hung wrote: >>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Sterling <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>>> It's been a day and a half and I've gotten good results on >>>> the Mac >>>> Plus case. >> >>>> I'm wondering if anyone has used a clear container - Glass or >>>> Plastic >>>> with the solution mentioned. >>>> But in addition used a rotating base of some sort so that sun >>>> could be >>>> to all sides evenly throughout the entire immersion process? >>>> Also I would think that a custom container made with an insert to >>>> off >>>> set the inside of the case would require less solution too. >> >>>> It's just a day dreamer blabberings I get into when I think of >>>> doing >>>> something... maybe a bit overly thought out but any comments?- >>>> Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
