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Title: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: bon on June 24, 2003, 08:29:48 AM

I recently put my amiga back to working condition after buying a new floppy from Vesalia, and cleaned it very well as well as my 1084S monitor. However no matter how well I cleaned it, this "yellowness" does not seem to turn to its original white colour no matter what I do. Has anyone achieved cleaning that well? What did you use to do it?  8-)

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: Desolator on June 24, 2003, 08:36:49 AM

Umm...white colour? My A500 has never been white. My A1200 is though. :)

I used something I don't know the name of in english. In swedish we call it "aceton" (maybe its the same in english, never bothered to look it up.)and it made my A500 look almost new again.

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: ajk on June 24, 2003, 10:37:52 AM

If it is the chemical, acetone, better be careful with it as it melts plastic. It probably cleans away the yellowing well, if not too much of it is applied.

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: Phoenix on June 24, 2003, 11:11:32 AM

Dishwasher, take case of and select low temp!

My A500 came up a treat although the CBM sticker may come off.

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: bloodline on June 24, 2003, 11:16:10 AM

I tried acetone on an Amiga case, it just disolves it. give it a miss.

The "Cheddar Cheese" yellow colour is caused by photochemical ageing from UV light (keep those Amiga's locked in a nice, cool,  dark cupboard). The only way to remove it is to take the top layer of plastic off. I have heard that Abrasive Diswasher liquids can do this without any visible damage but I have yet to try it myself.

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: bon on June 24, 2003, 11:38:27 AM

Hmmm... I think I'll try the dishwasher way... I'll tell you what happened! Thank you guys!

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: Damion on June 24, 2003, 11:42:08 AM

@bloodline

Yup, keep 'em out of the sun! My old 500 and
1084 still look like new just from keeping them
in the shade (and away from smoke etc).

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: xelr8 on June 24, 2003, 11:49:02 AM

You can try using an eraser, worked for me.

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: mikeymike on June 24, 2003, 12:05:44 PM

Don't forget to take the motherboard out, if you're putting it in the dishwasher...

 :-D

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: Linchpin on June 24, 2003, 12:22:03 PM

Good, honest advice there from mikeymike :-)

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: redrumloa on June 24, 2003, 12:23:41 PM

Krylon (http://www.krylon.com/product/op_consumer_product.asp) :-o

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: xeron on June 24, 2003, 12:30:39 PM

Why not spray paint it? Then it can be any colour you like  :-D

Title: Re: How to clean A500 miscolour?
Post by: bloodline on June 24, 2003, 12:38:23 PM

Quote

redrumloa wrote:
Krylon (http://www.krylon.com/product/op_consumer_product.asp) :-o

Arise, son of Jor-El...  ;-)