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.

[Morley]

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.

Look at this for example:

Unless you are willing to paint it ofcourse :-)

[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..

[Morley]

As I said in the other thread, your 600 seems to have a permanent discoloration. It is _not_ possible to get it any whiter, only hope is to use JiF or similar to get rid of the dirt on it, if any.

Having said that, discoloration is the most common "failure" on Amiga's, next to RTC battery leak on the A4000's. I wish I knew that 10 years ago when I placed my 1200 by my window and had it there for 6-7 years, today it's even more yellow than your 600.

[vpcs]

A can of good quality spray paint is about your only hope....

[Ilwrath]

There's another thread on here somewhere, all about cleaners.  The original consensus was painting the case...  But several people also mentioned a foaming cleaner, which might be a good thing to try first.

Here it is... even had a similiar title...  (Is it that hard to do back searches?)

[Eco]

Some possible methods to remove the yellowing:

Acetone

I have tried using acetone. It works even for an extremely yellowed plastic, since it will actually remove some of it. There are some downsides, though:

- Hard to get the resulting whiter colour an even shade
- Hard to get at the all details
- Will make the surface of the plastic slick and shiny, instead of the porous surface that is the norm
- If you use it on the keys, will most likely destroy the lettering on them
- Eww, stinky

Tub of water and some bleach

I haven't tried using bleach yet, I read about it somewhere. Supposedly being submerged in a water+bleach solution will make the case whiter again, and could be usable for the keys.

Can anyone confirm if bleaching works well?  :-)

[cecilia]

"Paint it Black" :lol:

[vic20owner]

That case is so yellow, I wouldnt hesitate to paint it with a good white spray paint.  Clean it first with warm soap and water, let it dry completely in the sun, and then spray it with very very light coats of primer and then gloss white paint.  Spray it lightly enough that you'll need to do about 4 coats.  

I've only painted black, but white should look good too.

-tom

[Holley]

'cause of the way the letters are applied to the keys it'd have to be a mild bleach (ie. mix with a good amount of water ;-)).  If you wanted to paint it a quick bleach & rinse would help the paint stick anyway - be careful not to get fingerprints on after washing as the paint won't stick as well.

If done right pain will last ages :-) You could always do it in a cammo pattern, as a friend once did with his C64 - looked very cool!

[adolescent]

Why not just buy a new case/keyboard from Vesalia.  It's like $12...

[drwho]

You know, since the damage is already done and the case is really yellow, maybe you should think about doing something cool and creative with it instead of painting it just plain old white.

Pick a color that would be impressive, like red or a cool indigo or something. Just stay away from glossy paint. Use flat paint. Pull the case apart, remove the logo plate, prime it with some white primer and then apply a few coats of your favorite color and when they are dry hit it with a little gloss coat or dull-coat.

I wish I still had the machine, but, I once had an A500 "parts pile" which essentially consisted of 10 broken A500's with nasty yellow keyboards. One day we made one functioning, but ugly, system with it. I am also a Warhammer gamer, so, I have an airbrush for painting my larger models so we used that to paint the crappy old case in a multi-color pattern. It came out great. I will try and dig up pictures if I can.

- Mike

[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..

[Eco]

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!

[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 ;-)