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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #29 from previous page: September 11, 2003, 12:43:13 PM »
Im currently doing a test with a substance known as OxyClean (youve probably heard of it) its like crystal stuff which your dissolve into hot water.

I put some of int in a bowl and let it do its job, and i put a key in from the rather yellowed pc keyboard. The bottom part of they key is pure white, but from half way up all way round it is pure yellow. Its strange, i had the computer for 4 years since 97 till 01 and it was perfect condition. I got new computer and the old one moved into my brothers room. Within months it turned yellow. Its because his natural environment is dirty. Doesnt polish or dust or anything. So obviously, thats hte nvironment in which compys go yellow, with dust and dirt. It cant be all about sunlight, i mean when i had it it was in a corner where the sunlight always shon on it. Was still pure white. Went into bros room in a corner where it doesnt get light, and about half a year later after the dirt and stuff, its yellow.

Anyway, ill let you know how the oxyclean test came on. If this stuff can make a black copper coin become shiny copper again, it should get the yellow off hopefully. Anyway, lets go see how it did, its been sitting for 10 mins now in a hot bowl of the stuff. Back in a few
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #30 on: September 11, 2003, 02:55:31 PM »
Nope. Didnt work. If you have the OxyClean stuff, chuck it out. It sux.
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #31 on: September 11, 2003, 03:00:49 PM »
I recently de-yellowed my apple mac monitor, there is no easy soloution. I used medium grade scotch-brite to take the surface plastic off the casing, voila nice and white.
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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #32 on: September 11, 2003, 03:05:23 PM »
medium grade scoth-brite.........wwhats that ? and where can i find it ?
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #33 on: September 11, 2003, 03:11:30 PM »
If you're going to paint, I'd follow this guy's lead, and use a 'clear' enamel (or perhaps spray lacquer -- that usually goes on real thin and transparent, and could be topped with clearcoat, see below.)

http://applefritter.com/hacks/mercury/index.html

The 'below:' IIRC, I had some neon orange and green Krylon lacquer that went on like that, which I was intending to use on a computer - didn't, in the end, but I can say that it went on very 'flat' and would've needed some clearcoat on top.
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #34 on: September 11, 2003, 05:03:19 PM »
yeah... i find it annoying myself... my miggy is yellow as he*l now  :-(  I still wonder, what if cleaned it very often since it was new? Would that have a made a difference?
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #35 on: September 11, 2003, 05:16:05 PM »
I say it again... Why the heck did they not make the amiga black or something, this would remove this problem totally.

Same thing with pcs also, usually keyboard, chase, monitor is white,  :-(
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #36 on: September 11, 2003, 09:00:07 PM »
If it were black it would go grey and dull with time, so same problem :) I used a light rubbing compound on my A500 and it worked great. Get one without silicone, though. Silicone goes yellow.

Auto Glym comes recommended for both cars and computers :)

-edit: Auto Glym paint renovator is the product. It leaves a wax in there as well, so if you spill anything on it, it's easier to clean.

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #37 on: September 11, 2003, 09:35:33 PM »
Scotch brite is a kind of abrasive pad kind of thing. Here.
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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #38 on: September 11, 2003, 09:39:09 PM »
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Marc17 wrote:
Hi

I was just wondering, with the damned defect with the crappy plastic Commodore decided to use for the Amigas, is there a way to cure the yellowing ? Or do people not bother.


I just saw a tomato red Amiga in the "Image-o-Matic" to the left.

A plan? :-)
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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #39 on: September 11, 2003, 10:06:06 PM »
I always use this gem cleaning kit I have on my key boards keys... doesn't really kill the yellow, but makes em look ao world better, such shiny keys on my '2000.
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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #40 on: September 12, 2003, 12:27:16 AM »
I got a purple a500 at home... looks pretty awful  :-(

Dunno why the previous owner painted it with purple color...

So got one yellow a500 and one purple  :-D
 

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #41 on: September 12, 2003, 12:29:31 AM »
Im afraid all of these top tips come to late for some folks

Poor old Davey's gone waay past yellow :-)

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Re: A cure for yellowing ?
« Reply #42 on: September 12, 2003, 03:22:28 AM »
Don't any of you people watch "The Antiques Roadshow"?

Removal of the original patina and refinishing will sharply devalue your antiques!

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