For anybody watching in 2023, this is a common practice in the video games collectors space and it's referred to as Retr0Brighting. It's normally used for console shells, controller shells, plastic cartridges, etc. There are various recipes to create a fast acting gel which negates the need to submerge them completely, usually using a 12-15% HP solution, but an interesting revelation is that you may no longer need to submerge or apply gel directly to the plastics. It's been found that pouring a small amount of HP into a container, then placing items on a platform within the container (keeping them out of the liquid), sealing it and then placing it in direct sunlight can work very effectively. The sunlight evaporates the HP and the gas trapped in the container does the work. It might help with issues like streaking or patching where the effect is inconsistent on the same piece. Just thought people might like to know.
You're simply a genius mate!!! I was just looking for a tutorial to de-yellow something like 30 star wars figures and I've tried almost everything before... Thank you very much!!!
I tried this technique on a pdp hard torso snowtrooper, had him in direct sunlight for 3 hours and the results was amazing. He pure white now. Thanks for posting 😀👍
This is amazing!!!! I had a few Playmobil elements that had turned yellowish and made them sparkling white again by doing your technique! It literally only took one day. I do have to say that I'm in Southern California and that it's the beginning of June, so plenty of strong sunlight. Thank you so much for this!!!
a UV light will give you better results and more controll. The sunshine method is ok too, Just a lot of variables.Also, when the red colour washes out on the insignias, you can wipe it off completelywith nail varnish remover or acetone. Then just bob down to your local print shop and (using WATER SLIDE PAPER found on ebay) have decals made to replace them. Just like models, soak and slide and the tiny symbols are even better than factory! (there are videos here MAKING WATER SLIDE DECALS and APPLYING WATER SLIDE DECALS).....just make sure the print shop has a LASER printer and use HI-DEF images for the printer to go off of.
R.Layne Paris The UV light is a good idea. But I try and do all my fixes the cheapest way possible and those lights are expensive. Check out my other videos on how to make replacement decals.
Many thanks for this advice. It's taken me just over 24 hours to de-yellow an old stinking vintage Stormtrooper with 6% Hydrogen Peroxide. His torso has become ice white but due to the different composite plastic his arms and legs look a greyish stone white in comparison. Great stuff and keep up the excellent videos!
Simon Worley You get varying results with stormtroopers. Every one I have is made from slightly different plastic and they each seem to react slightly differently.
Awesome buddy I'm a GI JOE guy and in the 80s they released a lot of snow white guys so this is a great help...for you Storm Shadow fans apparently you put blu tak on the Cobra symbol then soak them in peroxide
Thanks for posting this - I've just restored a Mego Sir Lancelot figures armour using with this technique. It worked brilliantly, it's gone from a nasty nicotine yellow to lovely & white. Thanks very much!
For the de-yellowing I use hydrogen peroxide in cream 40 vol, just put the cream in the figures and then wrap them in plastic food wrap film, put it under a UV lamp for 3 or more hours, the de-yellowing is amazing.
Big big thanks! been working through my figures since watching this. Amazed at the results so far. Although the lady in boots did give me a funny look when I asked for five bottles
If it's nicotine stains, I found that a little bleach spray will usually take the yellow off instantly. If it's yellowed due to the bromide in the plastics, then the peroxide treatment works best in my experience. Regardless of which method you use, there's always the associated risk of damaging the figure.
I leave some of my stormtroopers with yellowing for Tatooine dioramas, they lend themselves perfectly .I'm not saying keep them all dirty, just a few.Ive been collecting loose star wars toys since 1978.Only recently got a computer and am already addicted to Toy Polloi and retro-Blasting.Cant wait to try this cleaning method.
Hi Roger, I have to say I don't de yellow all my troopers anymore. I have so many and I quite like the variety of them. But it's useful to know you can. Glad you are enjoying my videos. You've got lots to catch up on!
Hi mate , Its fantastic to see people restoring old toys,you wouldn't believe the rows I've had with collectors about cleaning and repairing star wars and other vintage pieces.I will always be obsessed with star wars and action force,at the end of the day its not worth suffering over . Action force was one of my favourite things in my youth and like star wars i have thousands of them ,too many really .The idea was to create massive dioramas but with room limitations it never really happened. My family believe my collecting habits have gone a bit to far, but its farely easy to store ..Im not afraid to use a bit of paint touching up old figures myself ,the criticism i received from some of my old star wars friends was unbelievable. Its the noses i find the problem. Keep the videos coming i absolutely brill .
There is no right or wrong way to collect no matter what people say. As long as you enjoy it, then that's all that matters. I get a fair amount of flak, mainly from SW collectors, about what I do and what I show people. Not everyone wants perfect toys, and i'm just pleased I can help give people on ideas of how to repair their childhood collections. Keep on enjoying them.
Thanks for this TP. I've tried it on snow troopers and ATAT drivers to much success. I've also managed to turn a rebel commander from creamy brown back to his original colour and also on the top glass of a millennium falcon which I was well surprised at.
boss is it safe for figure material PVC, Abs? and will it affect the figure in the feature for using this method? please kindly answer I'll be looking forward for it thank youuu
Place a drop of hot glue ... On th red decall sticker ...Maybe over a little scoth tape then a bead of glue b4 they they take a Sun Bleah tub...Remove after ....Worth a try...Awesome Collection.
How long does the Hydrogen peroxide last? Can you for example put something in it, remove it when it's de-yellowed, then put something else in it? Or do you need to use fresh Hydrogen peroxide every time you plan to de-yellow something?
I have found this technique also works beautifully on POTF2 and other figures. Best use for this technique is yellowed stormtroopers. Paint usually fades or changes color if left in peroxide for more than a day, especially shades of red and brown. It has no effect on black, white, or gray paint. Also, 3% hydrogen peroxide works just as well as the 5% solution.
This looks great, however... I'm a modern action figure collector, like Clone wars, Vintage collection, etc... Would this work on that kind of figures? And wouldn't paint details be ruined?
Your videos are ace mate. Your restorations and reviews so well detailed. in your vides your always calm and talk normally unlike that guy on Retroblasting that guy has serious issues never seen anyone get so angry and agitated over toys.
Hello! I'm using your method (we only have 3% H2o2) - letting them sit at least 48hrs (up to a week without sun) then scrubbing with toothbrush, warm, soapy water and then letting them dry. After dry, I'm using armor all protectant to make them nice and shiny, also protecting the plastic from getting sticky over time...finally, storing in proper storage bags for collectables. I do have a few related questions, however; first, how do you clean the removable cloth clothes? How do you clean figures that you cannot remove the cloth clothes from? Finally, how do you clean droids with stickers like R2D2? Thanks for your inspiring video! I've been putting this off for years!
Wash the clothes with hot soapy water, rinse well and dry. Toothbrush and hot soapy water for r2, but avoid the sticker. Same with the clothed figures.
two days in the sun is too much, I bleached out one of my figures by mistake. otherwise it works. several great videos on this, I had good results with even the low percent stuff in a plastic bag in the window sill on a sunny day.
Excellent video. I wonder if you could de-yellow bubbles on MOC figures the same way? Not leaving it in the sun, maybe, but wiping it with hydrogen peroxide. And what percentage?
Nice ot know 6% can work. I'm lucky my originals stayed pretty white. I've kept them in the Star wArs action figure cases. My friend's are very yellow though.
I utilize a product called "Salon Care 40" with a black light on my vintage vehicle restorations and it works very well. I don't normally collect vintage action figures, but wonder if they'll work just as well on them. A 946 mL bottle sells for just under $5 USD and goes on forever it seems. Have you ever tried this product Dave?
as this is a relatively recent method of de-yellowing figures, not many people commented on the effects after years from the treatment. I can say that it works great, but after about 2 years my figures went back to the original yellow. Two years is still a lot of time and this is great for display purposes, but I know that many collectors think about long-term storage and their (our) brains think in the order of decades, so they might want to know: this is not a permanent solution.
I found that you can also use OxiClean (Sodium Percarbonate detergent) mixed with water. The rest of the process is the same: put your toys in a sealed container under bright sunlight.
@@toypolloi Hello, I was watching this video of yours on de-yellowing figures and I have a question about that. Sometimes a toy card bubble will become yellow and look a bit ugly when you are showing off the toy. If I remove a yellowed bubble, flipped it upside down and poured hydrogen peroxide up to the brim, could I remove the yellowing without damaging the bubble? I'm asking because it is thin plastic compared with toy figures.
Your videos are so incredibly helpful. I have a 2002 1st edition Master replica lightsaber , with a fixed blade. But it’s going yellow. Do you think this would work?
Thank you Sir. One question: does this process ruin metal parts? I own a yellow Mego Micronaut Force Commander to work on, I just wonder if I have to disassembly it before starting.
This totally worked for me. But a few months of the figures being back in the Vader case and they've yellowed again. Is this common? I'm doing the peroxide again. Is it better to not store them in the storage case?
It does come back over time. The plastic will keep on degrading. But it doesn't come back as bad as it was to start with. And it depends how you store them and how much UV light they are getting.
Hi there, I did this procedure with my action figures and I have to say it works perfectly (just 4 hours for a wampa and no more than 2 for stormtrooper, Leia hoth, rebel command and luke hoth) * except Leia the brown colour turns into yellow (it was a very sunny day in Madrid). But I have question...do you think this procedure will work on a Taun taun?? thank you.
Excellent stuff. Generally, does the Hydrogen Peroxide just remove the yellowing on a snowtrooper or does the areas of black paint fade after a spell in the jar? I've just bought one and it's got a badly yellowed chest, everything else looks okay so don't want to touch it up afterwards.
kingshearer2 On stormtroopers and snowtroopers I have not had any problems with the paint fading. On the AT-AT drivers the insignia on the head does get damaged. See my other videos on replacing this.
Where did you buy your bottles from ? Yesterday I tried Boots, Savers and Wilkos and none of them sell it one assistant said they don't sell it incase it's used for bomb making!
Yes it is, the young staff in Boots didn't even know what it was! I just went to the local high street I'll hit the bigger shops in the toon at the weekend.
Sadly this method is only temporary. The yellowing can and often does come back. I’ve several figures that were minty white after restoring with hydrogen peroxide re-yellow after 2 years. They have been kept in a cool dry basement on a shelf without contact with other plastics or contaminants. The temperature is a contant 70 degrees farenheit with less than 20 percent humidity. I’ve tried re-doing this process multiple times but unfortunately does not work on the plastic any longer. It seems to have a permanent yellow tint that peroxide and UV cannot reverse. I’ve tried scrubbing with a magic eraser and 3000 grit sandpaper and there is no change as the plastic is compketely yellowed under the surface layer. So enjoy the white minty look at first brcause it is only temporary and a few years later it returns only this time you won’t be able to undo it.
Have you ever tried to de yellow a bubble on a cared figure do you think this would work? obviously you cant submerge a carded figure but it could be applied to the bubble maybe?
Does this work with blue figured like the Beast form the 90s x-men line or the Tick figures also from the 90s? Great help on the cheap, thank you for sharing your wisdom?!!
That's crazy isn't it the sunlight and the type of plastic that makes them go yellow? Kool chemical reactions to make them white again using the same source that made them yellow!
But is it necessary to fill up the whole jar with Hydrogen Peroxide when you only want to remove specific yellowing from specific parts though since Hydrogen Peroxide does bleach figures if they were overused?
Can you just cost the areas that need it with a brush then leave in a jar instead of using an entire bottle of hydrogen peroxide? Or it only works if you drown the figures?
Hi Dave. Glad you’ve brought this approach to my attention. I’ve used a 12% HP gel on figures following your video here, to great effect (keeps the bleaching focused to the effected areas). Just wondering if you think the use of HP (gel format) could be used to de-yellow the bubble of carded figures (I’d cover the card to protect it from the sun) and not affect the figure or damage the bubble further. Thanks in advance and keep up the great videos 👍🏻 cheers
Will that work with transparent or glow in the dark figures too? I have a yellowed Satan from Devilman done by Fewture and want to give him/her some beauty treatment.
Thx for the tutorial. Does this method remove the paint too? I want to whiten my toys (mini train), but too afraid it will removes the paint too.. especcially a small painted text. Thank you.
+Ahmad Subki this will not remove the paint. To remove the paint from metal toys use caustic soda or nitromors. I cover this in my dinky eagle videos or corgi buck Rogers videos.
@@toypolloi as always thanks for the info. My 6 year old and I watch all the time and try to find the toys and repair stuff ourselves. You gave us a great additional father /son activity. .he says he wants to be a toy repairer in training. Lol.
Does this work on yellow stains from other sources? I accidentally got a dab of this sticky yellow medicine on a white SW figure and the stain from come out.
So from reading comments here if I was to rewhiten my Starcom vehicles using this method I should cover up any stickers with a nail varnish or they will just float off? But I suppose I could restock them done once they do float off?
How would this work an original release Tatooine Luke? Mine has a telescoping saber. The arms and lower waist have yellowed. I’m afraid that the paint will come off his hands and legs. Do you think that might happen?
Would this technique work on something like the original Luke Skywalker (with yellow hair). He has a nasty yellow streak going right down the middle. I just don't want to mess him up and do more damage.
Worked great on the stormtroopers hard plastic bodies, but for some reason several of my figures have a pinkish tint on their arms & legs. Its not pen or paint, their limbs turned pinkish instead of yellow. How do I get rid of that.
Are you familiar with the method that involves turning the hydrogen peroxide solution into a kind of gel so you can apply it directly onto the yellowed parts and not have to submerge the figures entirely?
For anybody watching in 2023, this is a common practice in the video games collectors space and it's referred to as Retr0Brighting. It's normally used for console shells, controller shells, plastic cartridges, etc. There are various recipes to create a fast acting gel which negates the need to submerge them completely, usually using a 12-15% HP solution, but an interesting revelation is that you may no longer need to submerge or apply gel directly to the plastics. It's been found that pouring a small amount of HP into a container, then placing items on a platform within the container (keeping them out of the liquid), sealing it and then placing it in direct sunlight can work very effectively. The sunlight evaporates the HP and the gas trapped in the container does the work. It might help with issues like streaking or patching where the effect is inconsistent on the same piece. Just thought people might like to know.
hello, will it be any negative effects on action figures that have colored parts?
Brilliant. As a budget vintage collector, this is new to me, so thank you.
Superior composition shot: before/after. Efficient use of viewer's time. Awesome video!
Thanks so much! Appreciated.
You're simply a genius mate!!! I was just looking for a tutorial to de-yellow something like 30 star wars figures and I've tried almost everything before... Thank you very much!!!
Did it work?
Yes for about a year it will work then it will look worse then before you did it
I tried this technique on a pdp hard torso snowtrooper, had him in direct sunlight for 3 hours and the results was amazing.
He pure white now. Thanks for posting 😀👍
Is the figure still white?
@@DragonRoyZ yes still white even now
I appreciate how your videos are super informative and yet you have no need to be a comedian. Thank you. It’s refreshing
This is amazing!!!! I had a few Playmobil elements that had turned yellowish and made them sparkling white again by doing your technique! It literally only took one day. I do have to say that I'm in Southern California and that it's the beginning of June, so plenty of strong sunlight. Thank you so much for this!!!
👍👍👍
a UV light will give you better results and more controll. The sunshine method is ok too, Just a lot of variables.Also, when the red colour washes out on the insignias, you can wipe it off completelywith nail varnish remover or acetone. Then just bob down to your local print shop and (using WATER SLIDE PAPER found on ebay) have decals made to replace them. Just like models, soak and slide and the tiny symbols are even better than factory! (there are videos here MAKING WATER SLIDE DECALS and APPLYING WATER SLIDE DECALS).....just make sure the print shop has a LASER printer and use HI-DEF images for the printer to go off of.
R.Layne Paris The UV light is a good idea. But I try and do all my fixes the cheapest way possible and those lights are expensive. Check out my other videos on how to make replacement decals.
Many thanks for this advice. It's taken me just over 24 hours to de-yellow an old stinking vintage Stormtrooper with 6% Hydrogen Peroxide. His torso has become ice white but due to the different composite plastic his arms and legs look a greyish stone white in comparison. Great stuff and keep up the excellent videos!
Simon Worley You get varying results with stormtroopers. Every one I have is made from slightly different plastic and they each seem to react slightly differently.
Simon Worley ...In the movie, Snowtrooper sleeves and pants were a more grayish white than the armor and helmet anyway. So it's all good!
Yep
Awesome buddy I'm a GI JOE guy and in the 80s they released a lot of snow white guys so this is a great help...for you Storm Shadow fans apparently you put blu tak on the Cobra symbol then soak them in peroxide
Thanks for posting this - I've just restored a Mego Sir Lancelot figures armour using with this technique. It worked brilliantly, it's gone from a nasty nicotine yellow to lovely & white. Thanks very much!
For the de-yellowing I use hydrogen peroxide in cream 40 vol, just put the cream in the figures and then wrap them in plastic food wrap film, put it under a UV lamp for 3 or more hours, the de-yellowing is amazing.
I do the same and it works amazingly well and Much quicker. Gotta be careful with paint tho
Thank you so much for this tip as I have just got back into collecting my childhood figures and quite a lot are yellow so I will give this tip a go
Big big thanks! been working through my figures since watching this. Amazed at the results so far. Although the lady in boots did give me a funny look when I asked for five bottles
bingobongo33 How did you know she was in boots, did she step
out from behind the counter? Ba-dum-tish!
Oh look,@3:56 a snow trooper and AT-AT drivers in a "Bacta-Tank"
Ba-dum (*cymbal crash*)
navyman4 nice one
If it's nicotine stains, I found that a little bleach spray will usually take the yellow off instantly. If it's yellowed due to the bromide in the plastics, then the peroxide treatment works best in my experience. Regardless of which method you use, there's always the associated risk of damaging the figure.
I leave some of my stormtroopers with yellowing for Tatooine dioramas, they lend themselves perfectly .I'm not saying keep them all dirty, just a few.Ive been collecting loose star wars toys since 1978.Only recently got a computer and am already addicted to Toy Polloi and retro-Blasting.Cant wait to try this cleaning method.
Hi Roger, I have to say I don't de yellow all my troopers anymore. I have so many and I quite like the variety of them. But it's useful to know you can. Glad you are enjoying my videos. You've got lots to catch up on!
Hi mate , Its fantastic to see people restoring old toys,you wouldn't believe the rows I've had with collectors about cleaning and repairing star wars and other vintage pieces.I will always be obsessed with star wars and action force,at the end of the day its not worth suffering over . Action force was one of my favourite things in my youth and like star wars i have thousands of them ,too many really .The idea was to create massive dioramas but with room limitations it never really happened. My family believe my collecting habits have gone a bit to far, but its farely easy to store ..Im not afraid to use a bit of paint touching up old figures myself ,the criticism i received from some of my old star wars friends was unbelievable. Its the noses i find the problem. Keep the videos coming i absolutely brill .
There is no right or wrong way to collect no matter what people say. As long as you enjoy it, then that's all that matters. I get a fair amount of flak, mainly from SW collectors, about what I do and what I show people. Not everyone wants perfect toys, and i'm just pleased I can help give people on ideas of how to repair their childhood collections. Keep on enjoying them.
Absolutely.
Possibly silly question Dave: Can you re-use the Hydrogen Peroxide after a treatment, or do you have to dispose of it?
Thanks for this TP. I've tried it on snow troopers and ATAT drivers to much success. I've also managed to turn a rebel commander from creamy brown back to his original colour and also on the top glass of a millennium falcon which I was well surprised at.
Good work.
Thank you very much!! Very informative and no ads!
I live in Cumbria so sadly get no sun just had over 65 days of rain.and floods.but thanks 4 the heads up.
Hope the rain stops soon for you all. We had similar here in Somerset a few years back.
just got a load of vintage star wars toy 4 Christmas.
Nice.
+Wally Thornton Surround the recipe by aluminium foil and put a light upon the recipe.
To stop loss of the red on the helmet you could carefully paint wax or latex over the design maybe?
boss is it safe for figure material PVC, Abs? and will it affect the figure in the feature for using this method? please kindly answer I'll be looking forward for it thank youuu
Like the advice. Rubbing alcohol wipes work instantly and evaporate quickly.
Place a drop of hot glue ... On th red decall sticker ...Maybe over a little scoth tape then a bead of glue b4 they they take a Sun Bleah tub...Remove after ....Worth a try...Awesome Collection.
Very Nice. Thank you. How about de yellowing an imperial shuttle?
Thank you very much
How long does the Hydrogen peroxide last? Can you for example put something in it, remove it when it's de-yellowed, then put something else in it? Or do you need to use fresh Hydrogen peroxide every time you plan to de-yellow something?
You can use it multiple times. Just store it in a sealed container away from the light.
Mmmm, pickled Imperials. Great picnic item.
I have found this technique also works beautifully on POTF2 and other figures. Best use for this technique is yellowed stormtroopers.
Paint usually fades or changes color if left in peroxide for more than a day, especially shades of red and brown. It has no effect on black, white, or gray paint.
Also, 3% hydrogen peroxide works just as well as the 5% solution.
Excellent video, can you please do a video or advise on how to resolve discoloration of vintage AT AT's. Thanks
I love your videos.
The go to channel for all things toys.
Thanks 👍
This looks great, however... I'm a modern action figure collector, like Clone wars, Vintage collection, etc... Would this work on that kind of figures? And wouldn't paint details be ruined?
Your videos are ace mate. Your restorations and reviews so well detailed. in your vides your always calm and talk normally unlike that guy on Retroblasting that guy has serious issues never seen anyone get so angry and agitated over toys.
+Supernatural Rules Thanks.
Does this remove the paint deco/tampo too? I have some yellowing on my transformers, but some some parts have like painted tampos/deco on it.
It can do. Do tests first.
Hello! I'm using your method (we only have 3% H2o2) - letting them sit at least 48hrs (up to a week without sun) then scrubbing with toothbrush, warm, soapy water and then letting them dry. After dry, I'm using armor all protectant to make them nice and shiny, also protecting the plastic from getting sticky over time...finally, storing in proper storage bags for collectables. I do have a few related questions, however; first, how do you clean the removable cloth clothes? How do you clean figures that you cannot remove the cloth clothes from? Finally, how do you clean droids with stickers like R2D2? Thanks for your inspiring video! I've been putting this off for years!
Wash the clothes with hot soapy water, rinse well and dry. Toothbrush and hot soapy water for r2, but avoid the sticker. Same with the clothed figures.
two days in the sun is too much, I bleached out one of my figures by mistake. otherwise it works. several great videos on this, I had good results with even the low percent stuff in a plastic bag in the window sill on a sunny day.
if i ever met you i would shake your hand you are doing a great job may the force be with you always
Wow, thanks
I guess I am glad I live in Vegas... I should be able to clean mine up in no time
Excellent video. I wonder if you could de-yellow bubbles on MOC figures the same way? Not leaving it in the sun, maybe, but wiping it with hydrogen peroxide. And what percentage?
Excellent video, I'm gonna try it. Does a HOT sunny day affect the hydrogen peroxide? I live in Southern California where it's always sunny but HOT!!!
It's not about heat, but light. You can get similar results inside the house with a strong, fluorescent, ultraviolet lamp.
Nice ot know 6% can work. I'm lucky my originals stayed pretty white. I've kept them in the Star wArs action figure cases. My friend's are very yellow though.
I utilize a product called "Salon Care 40" with a black light on my vintage vehicle restorations and it works very well. I don't normally collect vintage action figures, but wonder if they'll work just as well on them. A 946 mL bottle sells for just under $5 USD and goes on forever it seems. Have you ever tried this product Dave?
+MrStr8leg I use something similar on the larger ships.
Will your bleaching method also work on discolored Ewoks?
hi great tips thanx, does it work for yellowing packages?
as this is a relatively recent method of de-yellowing figures, not many people commented on the effects after years from the treatment. I can say that it works great, but after about 2 years my figures went back to the original yellow. Two years is still a lot of time and this is great for display purposes, but I know that many collectors think about long-term storage and their (our) brains think in the order of decades, so they might want to know: this is not a permanent solution.
I found that you can also use OxiClean (Sodium Percarbonate detergent) mixed with water. The rest of the process is the same: put your toys in a sealed container under bright sunlight.
Can I do this for the clone ars clone trooper figures that have paint and yellowing
Great video. But...do you know if this same technique would also work on modern figures?
TheCommander35 Should work just as well on modern figures. Give it a go.
@@toypolloi Hello, I was watching this video of yours on de-yellowing figures and I have a question about that. Sometimes a toy card bubble will become yellow and look a bit ugly when you are showing off the toy. If I remove a yellowed bubble, flipped it upside down and poured hydrogen peroxide up to the brim, could I remove the yellowing without damaging the bubble? I'm asking because it is thin plastic compared with toy figures.
Your videos are so incredibly helpful. I have a 2002 1st edition Master replica lightsaber , with a fixed blade. But it’s going yellow. Do you think this would work?
I can't say I know. Not sure what those are made of. And de-yellowing can often make clear plastic go cloudy.
Thank you Sir. One question: does this process ruin metal parts? I own a yellow Mego Micronaut Force Commander to work on, I just wonder if I have to disassembly it before starting.
I've never tried.
Hi there Great channel. Do you know how to remove/repair limbs of a Wampa for cleaning?
ruclips.net/video/T-kmB0F9tJQ/видео.html
One question - does it works under UV light lamp, or you need only sunlight?
It is safe for a Luke farmer? /yellow hair
Will this work on the Neca cloacked predators?
They are made from fully transparent plastic.
No idea. You'll have to run some tests. Cheers
Hello. Will doing this damage the painted parts?
Can you do it to a yak face ?
This totally worked for me. But a few months of the figures being back in the Vader case and they've yellowed again. Is this common? I'm doing the peroxide again. Is it better to not store them in the storage case?
It does come back over time. The plastic will keep on degrading. But it doesn't come back as bad as it was to start with. And it depends how you store them and how much UV light they are getting.
Will this help with getting rid of mildew or cigarette smell? Thanks!
Wash them in hot soapy water for that.
Hi there, I did this procedure with my action figures and I have to say it works perfectly (just 4 hours for a wampa and no more than 2 for stormtrooper, Leia hoth, rebel command and luke hoth) * except Leia the brown colour turns into yellow (it was a very sunny day in Madrid). But I have question...do you think this procedure will work on a Taun taun?? thank you.
It should work. I used the hydrogen peroxide cream on and old Taun Taun and it came out fine.
Excellent stuff. Generally, does the Hydrogen Peroxide just remove the yellowing on a snowtrooper or does the areas of black paint fade after a spell in the jar? I've just bought one and it's got a badly yellowed chest, everything else looks okay so don't want to touch it up afterwards.
kingshearer2 On stormtroopers and snowtroopers I have not had any problems with the paint fading. On the AT-AT drivers the insignia on the head does get damaged. See my other videos on replacing this.
Where did you buy your bottles from ? Yesterday I tried Boots, Savers and Wilkos and none of them sell it one assistant said they don't sell it incase it's used for bomb making!
Weird, I got some from boots recently. Try sainsburys or Morrisons. I've never had any trouble getting it.
Yes it is, the young staff in Boots didn't even know what it was! I just went to the local high street I'll hit the bigger shops in the toon at the weekend.
kingshearer2 They have sometimes had it under the counter in boots. But in ASDA and Sainsburys it just on a shelf in the isles. Good luck.
Sadly this method is only temporary. The yellowing can and often does come back. I’ve several figures that were minty white after restoring with hydrogen peroxide re-yellow after 2 years. They have been kept in a cool dry basement on a shelf without contact with other plastics or contaminants. The temperature is a contant 70 degrees farenheit with less than 20 percent humidity. I’ve tried re-doing this process multiple times but unfortunately does not work on the plastic any longer. It seems to have a permanent yellow tint that peroxide and UV cannot reverse. I’ve tried scrubbing with a magic eraser and 3000 grit sandpaper and there is no change as the plastic is compketely yellowed under the surface layer. So enjoy the white minty look at first brcause it is only temporary and a few years later it returns only this time you won’t be able to undo it.
Hi,will it work in a dark chamber with a Uv lamp?
Have you ever tried to de yellow a bubble on a cared figure do you think this would work? obviously you cant submerge a carded figure but it could be applied to the bubble maybe?
+Figure Box I doubt it would work. Different plastic. and very very brittle. Best to leave it alone.
do you think that orange paint will survive?
Any ideas on how i will do this, on a Kenner Legends Of Batman silver Batmobile.?
Thanks ToyPolloi
Thanks! I really needed this, I'll be back in a week to say if it helped!
Still waiting.
Does this work with blue figured like the Beast form the 90s x-men line or the Tick figures also from the 90s? Great help on the cheap, thank you for sharing your wisdom?!!
I've never tried. Would be worth doing some test before you do the figures you really want to do.
@@toypolloi ok, thanks again!!
@@toypolloi ps Merry Christmas to you and Mrs Toy Polloi!!!
Is there any other method of deyellowing figures without damaging the paint?
That's crazy isn't it the sunlight and the type of plastic that makes them go yellow? Kool chemical reactions to make them white again using the same source that made them yellow!
Have you ever tried this method on translucent clear plastic? I was thinking of trying it.
I have, and it's hit and miss. It worked well on a snowspeeder canopy. But made a falcon one go a bit cloudy. So go careful.
But is it necessary to fill up the whole jar with Hydrogen Peroxide when you only want to remove specific yellowing from specific parts though since Hydrogen Peroxide does bleach figures if they were overused?
if the figure is full cover with marker after I do this it would look like a new one or just pretty well
+grabo marius Check out my other videos on removing ink stains from figures. It requires a different method.
+Toy Polloi I painted the figures tottaly with black marker from white they become black an idea?? please
+grabo marius check out my videos on removing ink stains from figures.
+Toy Polloi Can you try to find other solution to this problem please??It does not work
How many times did you re-apply the spot cream? It will take quite a few goes. Post some pictures on my Facebook page so I can see.
Thank you for sharing this! Does this impact the articulation of the figures?
No, not at all.
Can you just cost the areas that need it with a brush then leave in a jar instead of using an entire bottle of hydrogen peroxide? Or it only works if you drown the figures?
Hi Dave. Glad you’ve brought this approach to my attention. I’ve used a 12% HP gel on figures following your video here, to great effect (keeps the bleaching focused to the effected areas). Just wondering if you think the use of HP (gel format) could be used to de-yellow the bubble of carded figures (I’d cover the card to protect it from the sun) and not affect the figure or damage the bubble further. Thanks in advance and keep up the great videos 👍🏻 cheers
Will that work with transparent or glow in the dark figures too? I have a yellowed Satan from Devilman done by Fewture and want to give him/her some beauty treatment.
It can cause clear plastic to go frosty and I've never tried it with glow in the dark plastic so can't say.
@@toypolloi Thanks for the expert opinion. I think I'll give it a go. If anything unexpected happens, will let you know
Thx for the tutorial. Does this method remove the paint too?
I want to whiten my toys (mini train), but too afraid it will removes the paint too.. especcially a small painted text. Thank you.
+Ahmad Subki this will not remove the paint. To remove the paint from metal toys use caustic soda or nitromors. I cover this in my dinky eagle videos or corgi buck Rogers videos.
thnx! :)
Does this work for the clear plastic window or canopy "glass"? It's not harmful to those is it?
I’ve had mixed results. On some clear plastic the plastic goes cloudy. So go carefully.
@@toypolloi as always thanks for the info. My 6 year old and I watch all the time and try to find the toys and repair stuff ourselves. You gave us a great additional father /son activity. .he says he wants to be a toy repairer in training. Lol.
Does this work on new(er) stuff, I've got a ton of clone troopers that are maybe 10 years old that have gotten pretty yellowed
Would this process work on vehicle toys like the Action Fleet Millenium Falcon?
It's worth a try. Do some tests.
Does this work on yellow stains from other sources? I accidentally got a dab of this sticky yellow medicine on a white SW figure and the stain from come out.
So from reading comments here if I was to rewhiten my Starcom vehicles using this method I should cover up any stickers with a nail varnish or they will just float off?
But I suppose I could restock them done once they do float off?
+Nick Rogers Nail varnish would ruin the stickers. Don't do that.
+Toy Polloi so let them float off and try to restick?
+Nick Rogers I would remove them before hand. Or make replacements. They may not come off neatly.
+Toy Polloi I can 12% from Amazon for a pretty good price, should be ok?
Does this work on any figure that is plastic material? Thanks
+superbn0va It seems to work on most. But it is worth doing tests on them first.
Thanks
Can it also work on colored plastics? I own the Zyuranger DaiZyujin and I noticed the yellow parts.
How would this work an original release Tatooine Luke? Mine has a telescoping saber. The arms and lower waist have yellowed. I’m afraid that the paint will come off his hands and legs. Do you think that might happen?
Would this technique work on something like the original Luke Skywalker (with yellow hair). He has a nasty yellow streak going right down the middle. I just don't want to mess him up and do more damage.
It should. But try it on a figure you don't mind ruining just to be sure. I always do tests before working on a good figure.
I wonder if this works with a UV light.
would this work on my clone troopers figures
All I can say is give it a try. It should work. But do a test first.
How would this apply to a vehicle? I have a Tie Fighter that could use some de-yellowing.
Worked great on the stormtroopers hard plastic bodies, but for some reason several of my figures have a pinkish tint on their arms & legs. Its not pen or paint, their limbs turned pinkish instead of yellow. How do I get rid of that.
+Jason Burris I have a few with pink limbs as well. Not found anything that removes it so far. It's just the plastic degrading.
will this work for vint-MOTUs (Prince Adam in particular)?
Does this work on yellowing on the flesh colored bits?? ie: the head, hands
Does hydrogen peroxide de yellow clear plastic window parts?
I find it makes them go frosty. But not always. So I just leave them as is.
How do you de yellow plastic? I have vintage figures still in the packaging but the plastic is yellow tint
Great and practical fix it guide. One question!! What about the color black? Will that get bleached also??
I've not tried on black figures. Give it a go and see what happens.
Sorry, I may have interpreted my sentence wrong. I mean the black color on your Bike Scout figure. Did that bleach? :-)
It doesn't make any difference to the black on the biker scouts I have bleached. And I repaint the black anyway as these are very rough figures.
how long does the effect of hydrogen peroxide last on applied figures?
A couple of years depending on how they are displayed from what I've found.
I wonder if anybody makes decals to replace symbols on toys like on the AT-AT Drivers head and Cobra Trooper symbols
Check out toypolloi.com Imperial and rebel decals PDFs available there.
@@toypolloi Will do thanks
Are you familiar with the method that involves turning the hydrogen peroxide solution into a kind of gel so you can apply it directly onto the yellowed parts and not have to submerge the figures entirely?
You can get Salon 40 hydrogen peroxide for dying hair which is already a cream.
Would this work on a Pink Power Ranger Figure?
Ive only got 3% on hand, will that work if i leave the figures soak longer? And will bleach also work? Thanks!
3% will work but slower. Bleach will not work.
@@toypolloi Thanks for the quick reply. 3% for 3 weeks! That's ok, General Veers Strike Force won't be assembled by then.
If the sun is bright it should only take a couple of days.