Yellow To White

[HopperJF]

Hey everyone
I've decided I am going to set up my A600 as a gaming rig, but it is yellow.
I have heard a few tales of people who have successfully made their Amigas their original colour, or even nicer looking.

Are there any ideas?
Ive heard of people spray painting the Amiga white, and applying certain industrial liquids....

Any help into making this look like this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,
Mike.

[HopperJF]

Morley wrote:

HopperJF wrote:
Hey everyone
I've decided I am going to set up my A600 as a gaming rig, but it is yellow.
I have heard a few tales of people who have successfully made their Amigas their original colour, or even nicer looking.

Are there any ideas?
Ive heard of people spray painting the Amiga white, and applying certain industrial liquids....

Any help into making this look like this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,
Mike.

Get another one.
www.ebay.com - prices start at £20.

Unless you are willing to paint it ofcourse :-)

I don't really think I want another A600...
I only bought this 600 in December 2003.. I wasnt expecting it to be yellow.
I asked the seller what condition and he said it was in good condition, slight yellowing. Its VERY yellow as you can see in the picture.
Not to worry.. are there any A4000 users here who have refurbished there cases? I've definitely heard about this..

[HopperJF]

OK this is what I am going to do (eventually):-

1. Bleach and water job (case only - keys are white apart from about 2)

2. Toothpaste! (Yes someone suggested it)

3. Acetone

I will post a picture of results after I have done all 3..

[HopperJF]

Eco wrote:
After having tried acetone, I would suggest that only use it if the other stuff fails to get the results.

Bleach sounds promising.. please post some "before and after" pictures so we see what works!

That is the plan ;-)

[HopperJF]

Expect pictures within the next few days... I hope this works  :-)

[HopperJF]

I tried bleaching the thing & scrubbing for hours and heres the results...

Before the bleach treatment

Shortly before I started

After hours of bleach drowning and scrubbing


I'm not sure whether it has made any difference... can anyone see much difference? It still not white  but to me it looks slightly lighter but that just might be psychological after all the cleaning.
If it still looks bad then it looks like acetone is next... *gulp*

[HopperJF]

I took the picture on the default colour setting, which is the same as it was set when I took the old photo of the system.

I think it looks a lot better too, maybe after a few more bleaching sessions...

[HopperJF]

I'll take a picture of it all indoors properly when i'm finished
I still want to try the bleach a few more times, then try the borax and/or acetone

[HopperJF]

The old owner was a smoker.
Bleach does make the case lighter, I think its just how many sessions you want to do, I think it can get much whiter still.

[HopperJF]

The A600 works, so I want to make it look good as well as work good.