Re: Restoring Apple IIs, others...

["DJ Herison" <djh@itol.com>]

This might sound wierd, but, place regular automotive grease
on your plastic/metal labels (may work for paper - never tried
it myself) and then soak it.  The grease protects the label and
won't allow any detergents to get at the label.

dj


>> Try removing all the electronics and dunking the plastic in
>> a tub of soapy water with some chlorine bleach in it.  Soak
>> it for a few hours.  Then rinse off.  Be sure to rinse the
>> bleach completely off and dry the plastics before installing
>> the electronics.
>Hmm, well, I'll try that. I have tried directly applying a half bleach
>half water solution directly onto the plastic and letting it set, but that
>didn't seem to help. Plus, with some things with labels on them, I don't
>want to soak off, loosen, or bleach out the label...