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Offline ShadesOfGrey

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Re: Yellow To White
« Reply #29 from previous page: June 13, 2004, 05:51:50 AM »
On most plastics, acetone is very harmful.  My kid sister ruined a mini-component stereo of mine a few years back with nail polish remover (w/acetone).  She touched the controls and disolved the print on them.  Plus made them permanently tacky...  Very much like the adhesive on duct tape.

If you did decide to try acetone, I'd test it on the interior of the case before using it as a plastic cleaner/bleach.

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It's probably to late for this suggestion as you've already soaked with bleach.  But considering how much yellowing you were able to remove before soaking, might you have used powdered cleanser (w/ bleach) and water to make a paste you could apply to just those areas that were still yellow?
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Re: Yellow To White
« Reply #30 on: June 13, 2004, 11:28:38 AM »
Inspired by all of this, I soaked my A1200 case in bleach for a few hours after first giving a gentle scrub with ordinary washing-up liquid. It definately does lighten it up - the case is now lighter than the keys (previously they were the same.
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Re: Yellow To White
« Reply #31 on: June 13, 2004, 11:31:17 AM »
Hi HopperJF,

are you a smoker? if yes you have already done your best . . .beleive me ;-)

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Re: Yellow To White
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2004, 12:01:56 PM »
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.
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Re: Yellow To White
« Reply #33 on: June 13, 2004, 12:12:25 PM »
What's the big deal about that removing yellowing anyway?
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THAT is something of concern, not that yellowing.
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Re: Yellow To White
« Reply #34 on: June 13, 2004, 01:01:05 PM »
The A600 works, so I want to make it look good as well as work good.
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