Re: Restoring Apple IIs, others...

["Jason Whorton" <jason@microxl.com>]

Hi.  I have read that the fading is an actual chemical change in the plastic
and that it is not something that you can just wash off.  As best I
remember, this was in a Star Wars vintage toys newsgroup concerning plastic
ships.  I think the same would apply to Apple's.  We all know what sun faded
II's look like.  If you think about what made it change color, then you may
see how it can not be just washed away.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton
www.microxl.com/oldcomputers/main.html


Labelas Enoreth wrote in message ...
>Yeah, perhaps this is a silly question, but I find it very satisfying to
>find a piece of dirty, discarded, unappreciated old computer equipment and
>make it all clean and new looking...it just seems nice to watch all the
>grime and dust get washed away and have a nice computer on your
>hands...however, I have a lot of stuff which was done in platinum-gray
>plastic which has yellowed noticably...now  in many cases, I am almost
>certain that it is not from dirt, smoke, or sunlight...it just seems
>to...happen. Does anyone know of an effective way to...um...bleach the
>gray plastic back, or is it irreversible?
>
>Things that have fallen prey to this yellowing...
>A IIgs with 3.5 drive and AppleColor RGB. about 4 Platinum 5.25s. My SNES.
>Some of my Mac equipment. Some other stuff. Any ideas?