Anyone Here Tried Retr0Bright...

[Franko]

Cheers mate.  I've given it a 30 minute blast in the dishwasher to get rid of dirt, dust and grime before applying the paste.

ps The gloves (along with a new toolbox and a combination lock) are the result of me being totally unable to walk into B&Q and only buy the one thing I went in for in the first place (Which was Lye in this case).

Anyone else suffer from this debilitating condition? :lol:

When I go to B&Q my sister follows me these days to prevent me picking up "Bargains" when I'd only gone in for a tap washer or bag of screws...

(got a habit of buying LED torches these days for some reason, last count I had somehow managed to buy 11 of em so far...

[nicholas]

When I go to B&Q my sister follows me these days to prevent me picking up "Bargains" when I'd only gone in for a tap washer or bag of screws...

(got a habit of buying LED torches these days for some reason, last count I had somehow managed to buy 11 of em so far...

Good to hear it's not just me!

[Franko]

Just thought I'd post the pics of my old VIC 20's before and after the Retr0Bright treatment as I'll need to pack them away for now as I'm running out of space for doing my A1200's...

Unfortunately I only managed to take this one pic before I started of the first one I tried. This was the worst case of yellowing I had ever seen on anything... :eek:

This one was made in England and seems to be made from a different plastic from the German made ones below which are less prone to yellowing and the English one when done comes up almost white in comparison to the German ones that come up the more usual creme colour...

English made VIC 20 Before...


English made VIC 20 After...


German made VIC 20 Before...


German made VIC 20 After...


And here they all are together...


As you can see the English made one had the biggest difference to it after the Retr0Bright but the German ones also came up looking how they should, it just doesn't show up in the photos that well, but when you see them with your own peepers the difference is amazing...

Now for the rest of me miggies...

[RMK305]

Franko,

Would be interested in seeing pictures of your entire computer collection

[nicholas]

I did exactly as you said Franko but it made no difference at all.

Perhaps the bulb is the wrong sort?  It's a 75W UV Black Light.

[Franko]

@ Nicholas

Surprised & sorry to hear that...

The only time I didn't get any results was when I first tried it without the "UV" black light. I'm only using 11W & 9W fluorescent energy saving bulbs and have had perfect results since doing so...

Only thing I would say if the room in which your doing it is on the cold side then the results are not so good and usually require another treatment (or more). Could be the bulb you're using is not a real "Balck light" and just one of those cheaper purple coated ones that give out the same light effect but doesn't actually give off UV rays...

this is the type I use.... it's an 11W energy saving type that fit in desk lamps you can buy from Argos (or it can use the 9W ones I bought on  eBay) ...



PS:If the stuff glows like in this pic then the bulb you're using is ok...



@ RMK305

I'll post some pics of my full collection after they're all Retr0Brighted, but there are plenty of folk here with far bigger & better collections than I have...

[nicholas]

I did a fresh coat of paste and left it for another 10 hours.

Same result again.

Just had a look at the auction i bought the bulbs from and noticed they are those cheap purple ones, need to buy some proper bulbs instead.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140531482895

[nicholas]

This looks the ticket.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLACKLIGHT-BC-15W-UV-BULB-ULTRA-VIOLET-BLACK-LIGHT-/160576752417?pt=UK_ConElec_LightingLEDsStrobes_RL&hash=item25631ecb21

[Franko]

@ Nicholas

Yup looking at the first ones you bought they're just the purple coated type that only give off a filtered normal light... (it even says so in the listing)...

The second ones look like they should do the job just fine...

[Pentad]

Just thought I'd post the pics of my old VIC 20's before and after...

Franko,

That is absolutely amazing!  They look like they just rolled off the assembly line @ Commodore.

Do you use anything to protect them from going yellow again?  Is that possible?


Cheers!
-P

[Franko]

Franko,

That is absolutely amazing!  They look like they just rolled off the assembly line @ Commodore.

Do you use anything to protect them from going yellow again?  Is that possible?


Cheers!
-P

I do actually (forgot to mention that) I give them a good polish up with CAR WAX just make sure it's the kind that has UV protection in it and it should help to prevent UV (yellowing) damage from reoccurring again in future...

Still find it amazing myself just how well this stuff works it's like you say they look like they've just shipped out the factory...

[brownb2]

I do actually (forgot to mention that) I give them a good polish up with CAR WAX...

You should set up a business cleaning these things since the UK postal service doesn't allow the strength of chemicals in retrobright to be shipped without notification.

With the amount of sun you're getting in Scotland atm I hope you aren't using that black lamp

[Franko]

You should set up a business cleaning these things since the UK postal service doesn't allow the strength of chemicals in retrobright to be shipped without notification.

With the amount of sun you're getting in Scotland atm I hope you aren't using that black lamp

The peroxide I bought from the hairdressing company had to be sent via a special courier service that has a licence to ship hazardous materials but the stuff I bought from ebay which was stronger was posted via royal mail... :confused:

The sun may be out but it's still too cold here for it to have any effect, so right now I've got five Black Lamps on doing one of my A1200 cases...

As for setting up a service to RetroBright things for others, no thanks it's a long slow process and takes up a lot of space just doing your own stuff, plus to be honest it pretty damn boring...