@@donutninja13 Nice! Even in the same brand, same console, same production year, you can find differences in yellowing. This can be due to differences in plastic composition!
Great video, Dr Nemo. Do you have any suggestions if the plastic I'm trying to remove the yellow from is mixed with some other colours, too? By the way, my Star Wars toys were kept in the original box in the closet, and there was no exposure to sunlight 🤔
Thanks! Yellowing will happen in older plastic, as the brominated flame retardants they contain will naturally degrade. Lights just accelerate this process. I'm pretty sure you can apply this deyellowing process to any color!
I like your videos so much, something chill once in a while really helps. Also, will you ever make a whole video speaking French? It would be interesting at least if not kinda funny, maybe for a special or something. Anyways, interesting video as always, keep it up!
I have some action figures that has turned yellow even though they were in storage instead of being in the sun. If I were to do the whitening treatment with the hydrogen peroxide and UV, even though it would whitening them, would it also enforce the plastic so it won't become brittle?
My understanding is that we can't reverse the structural damage in the plastic. So turning your action figures white again, won't make them less brittle :/
Very nice video! Can iask ... i have Siege Jetfire(white) and i put also some kind of developer solution like yours on Jetfires' shoulder , hands, and knees. I didnt put him in the ziplock coz hes too big. I just placed him directly infront of UV lamp light for like 3 hrs. Then after that, i put him out in the sun for like 2 hrs. The yellowing is much less now. I just worry since i didnt put him inside the ziplock , would that cause the other parts of Jetfire that i didnt put solution , to yellow?
Hello there! I think the zip lock has three functions: to avoid spilling the hydrogen peroxide everywhere, avoiding the the liquid to evaporate too quickly, and maybe increasing temperature (not sure if this one helps). If you don't use a zip lock that's totally fine, it's just a bit less effective. I don't think the other parts will yellow because of this!
I have an xbox one and it’s controller just got an yellow like color in the parts I mostly touch, yesterday it was totally normal, any idea what could it be?
It might be a coincidence that the parts you touched turned yellow. Sometimes electronics are made of different plastic, some of which tend to yellow, others not. I've never heard of plastic turning yellow from one day to another though, that's very weird.
@@alexchin1515 I haven't tried with that high of a concentration. I think it should work though. It will be faster, so maybe check the result at intervals of a few hours, just to be sure. Don't forget to do this in a well ventilated area and to wear gloves!
That is a good question. I've used the method on parts that had a tiny bit of colors or that were more greyish and it worked fine in my experience. Now, maybe to be cautious, you could try it on a hidden colored part of the figure and see if anything changes? Or wrap the colored part with something so it it's not in contact with the hydrogen peroxide.
I really want to deyellow my Gameboy Advance, there are just 2 things stoping me. 1 i dont have the Uv lights that i've seem some other channels uses, but you use the sun and i think thats pretty dope, can i use the peroxygem from the drugstore or it has to be the hair dyer? 2 when they remove the screen from the gba, i see some plastic security, like a black thin sticker removed that you cannot put back in anymore and most of the times they change everything related to the screen and i dont have any replacements.
1) No, it doesn't have to be the same as mine. I had that one because I used to bleach my hair. But if you buy the liquid one you find in drugstore, it will definitely work. In that case you will have to submerged your GBA parts in the liquid. Sun light works great, but it takes some time, that's it. 2) Mmmm, not sure exactly what you are talking about. Maybe could you share a video or image about it? By memory I don't remember stickers you cannot reuse to put every part back together.
I usually leave it one day and then see what the result is. Depending on the plastic and how much yellow they are, the pieces might need more uv exposition.
Not expert on the subject, so take this with a grain of salt. I think plastic polymers will eventually break down, sunlight definitely helps the process but might not be necessary for the process to occur.
Hi Marc! Maybe it's time to deyellow it :) In my current collection (not necessarily all retro though) I have A few Gameboy DMG, Pocket, Color, Advance, Advance SP (most of these have been modded), then Nintendo DS, DS lite, 3DS lite, I made some Gambeboy Macro with broken DS and DS lite, Super NES, Wii, Switch, PSP-1000, PSP-2000, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, PS4.
Careful with that super glue. Cyanoacrylate based glues tend to evaporate and condense nearby, causing a white film to be deposited onto whatever surface happens to be near. You don't want that to happen on your clear window, or worse: your display. Learned that the hard way when I decided to use superglue rather than model kit glue on one of my airplanes. Totally messed up that cockpit.
I just might be able to finish this video before I go to work PS yes I know what a Game Boy is but I’ve never played it I just saw a lot of them as a kid
Not all old devices are made of the same type of plastic. You have been lucky and got a NES which plastic doesn't yellow! Sometimes you can find two different types of plastic on one single device, so only part of it yellows. I had that on a old PS1 I bought recently :)
White consoles and pcs always look beautiful, but because of this yellowing issue, I just buy black parts these days. While it's possible to de-yellow these plastics, it also requires completely disassembling everything which is not exactly a convenient process.
Yes, the hydrogen peroxide works well for turning yellowish plastic white again but after a couple months later the plastic turns yellow again. So the results are not lasting long. I have tried this procedure several times and I got the same result which I felt totaly wasted my time. The hidden part is knowing how to prevent re-yellowing process???
Mmmm maybe you have a very sensitive plastic! My gameboys, SNES and PS1 are very stable even after a year. The secret is really to keep them as far as possible from sunlight! :)
@@DrNEMO dude I had 2 PlayStations in a box, in my closet for about a year and it turned yellow. I never had that issue when it sat out in my room and was played daily
It might be because the topmost layer of plastic might be reacting with oxygen or any other atmospheric gas which deposits a yellow layer over time. Bleaching it with SO2 or something might work! (Wrote before watching the whole video)
@@ashgreninja7521 Ooooh like old newspapers? Yes, from my understanding it's the same process! The molecule involved is, as you said, also a polymer, called lignin. Not 100% sure light is necessary for the process to occur though.
My guess is, it's the UV light, reacting some way with the plastics. My reasoning: I have seen plastics in sunlight yellowing where it faces the sun. Let's see how correct I am. Edit: Yup!
Really underrated
Thanks, Abdo!
i agree
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure this also happens to old lego sets. Awesome video!
I'm sure it does! Thanks!
@@DrNEMO I have a 1990s LEGO rocket and it is still white but then again I have a slightly older one that is very yellow
@@donutninja13 Nice! Even in the same brand, same console, same production year, you can find differences in yellowing. This can be due to differences in plastic composition!
I love your videos. It is very interesting and fun to watch. I hope you have a great day
Thank you, Willem! You too!
I learned a lot more than just why my Game Boy turned yellow. Great video! Fun bonus footage with the magpie, too!
Happy you liked it! :)
Yes a new vid!!!!! I've been having my patience😊
Hope you enjoyed it!
This was such a fun video! Your videos are always so nice to watch
Thanks, Tree Salmon! I appreciate!
I haven’t looked here in so long!
Also the animation is still really good
Thanks, Fishy Friend!
I understood why it happens, very well explained, thank you! Will try it on my old Lego.
I'm very happy then! Good luck!
Cool video :) found it very interesting, good editing and the music is neither loud nor quiet, its perfect! keep going :))
Thanks, Bjorn! I appreciate your feedback :)
super underrated, super high production value, and super good effort, better than what some massive channels/companies could produce lol
Wow, thank you General! I really appreciate this :)
Your intro is good along with the video Dr Nemo .
I'm glad you like it :)
Way too good!!! Well explained...loved every bit of it!!!
Glad you liked it :)
I love this channel so much.
Thanks for that!
The music makes me feel like I'm in a fever dream lol
Great video as always!
Not sure what a fever dream is, but thanks!
I like this video so much. With rich scientific knowledge and clear teaching in it!
Glad you enjoyed it! :)))
I don’t remember subscribing, but I’m not disappointed.
:)
Great video mate. So glad I found your channel.
Glad you enjoy it!
Yay new vid just in time for class too(it is a boring class lol)
Poor teacher! What class is that?
Dr. NEMO Math. Lol geometry
@@donutninja13 Not my favourite class!
Great video, Dr Nemo. Do you have any suggestions if the plastic I'm trying to remove the yellow from is mixed with some other colours, too? By the way, my Star Wars toys were kept in the original box in the closet, and there was no exposure to sunlight 🤔
Thanks! Yellowing will happen in older plastic, as the brominated flame retardants they contain will naturally degrade. Lights just accelerate this process.
I'm pretty sure you can apply this deyellowing process to any color!
I have heard about this being a major issue with plastic pollution because it breaks down into a bunch of tiny bits as they are exposed to sunlight.
Totally possible!
pretty satisfying to watch lol
still like the little jokes you put here and there
Happy you liked it!
Best Nemo video so far ngl
Oh wow, thanks!
This works also in painted products ? (PAINTED white that turned yellow) or just works in plastic materials??
thks
That's a good question. I have no idea! Maybe you can try with a little drop of hydrogen peroxide and see?
So to keep old consoles from turning yellow, keep it away from windows/sunlight?
Correct!
Correct!
just did a battery swap on some old gbc carts i might just have to crack open my gameboys and give em a cleaning too
quality content
Yeah you should. It's fun! Thanks!
I like your videos so much, something chill once in a while really helps. Also, will you ever make a whole video speaking French? It would be interesting at least if not kinda funny, maybe for a special or something. Anyways, interesting video as always, keep it up!
Thanks for your support, Dave. I will try one day, that could be a nice idea!
And add subtitles
I have some action figures that has turned yellow even though they were in storage instead of being in the sun. If I were to do the whitening treatment with the hydrogen peroxide and UV, even though it would whitening them, would it also enforce the plastic so it won't become brittle?
My understanding is that we can't reverse the structural damage in the plastic. So turning your action figures white again, won't make them less brittle :/
Yoo, I remember you. I saw your post on 9gag once. Recommendation are andom af.
Wow, this is random!
Thank you for making cool content!
Thanks!
I love the game boy but the screens always coming off due to the cheep glue... my game boy has its screen taped on now so np anymore
Just buy a new one. It's very cheap!
Wow nice:-):-) ima watch it all
Cool!
4:57 You ACTUALLY believe in potential time travel? I won’t even be around anymore when that happens.
Ahah
I'm sure a ton of old gameboys are also yellow like that, seeing that the screen was damn near impossible to see unless you were in direct light
That's why the Backlight mod is an easy solution to keep playing with those amazing handheld!
First. also my guess is sun exposure
Matt's Tabletops indeed but pls don’t ruin the comments section
Good guess!
Very nice video! Can iask ... i have Siege Jetfire(white) and i put also some kind of developer solution like yours on Jetfires' shoulder , hands, and knees. I didnt put him in the ziplock coz hes too big. I just placed him directly infront of UV lamp light for like 3 hrs. Then after that, i put him out in the sun for like 2 hrs. The yellowing is much less now. I just worry since i didnt put him inside the ziplock , would that cause the other parts of Jetfire that i didnt put solution , to yellow?
Hello there! I think the zip lock has three functions: to avoid spilling the hydrogen peroxide everywhere, avoiding the the liquid to evaporate too quickly, and maybe increasing temperature (not sure if this one helps). If you don't use a zip lock that's totally fine, it's just a bit less effective. I don't think the other parts will yellow because of this!
@@DrNEMO thank u sir for explaning this. Much appreciated!
This is cool, I wanna know too :)
:)
I have an xbox one and it’s controller just got an yellow like color in the parts I mostly touch, yesterday it was totally normal, any idea what could it be?
It might be a coincidence that the parts you touched turned yellow. Sometimes electronics are made of different plastic, some of which tend to yellow, others not.
I've never heard of plastic turning yellow from one day to another though, that's very weird.
I wouldn't mind more of these ASMR tech videos!
Thanks for your feedback. I might do more of those on my second channel in the future! :)
Good video!
Thanks Joon!
I like it I'm looking for a way to turn plastic yellow without making a mess
:)
May i know the cream for hair use is how many volume and % ? Thanks
Hey! I bought "M:C Meister Coiffeur [Cream Oxide 6%]". It should be 6%, which corresponds to 20 volume if I remember correctly!
@@DrNEMO if i use 40v 12% is ok? For PS 1 grey colour controller
@@alexchin1515 I haven't tried with that high of a concentration. I think it should work though. It will be faster, so maybe check the result at intervals of a few hours, just to be sure. Don't forget to do this in a well ventilated area and to wear gloves!
@@DrNEMO ok sir ,i will try in high volume,later update u result
Yay new vid
Lol yo
Hello!
Does this work on power rangers figure . The white parts turned little yellowed but worried it do damage on other colors
That is a good question. I've used the method on parts that had a tiny bit of colors or that were more greyish and it worked fine in my experience. Now, maybe to be cautious, you could try it on a hidden colored part of the figure and see if anything changes? Or wrap the colored part with something so it it's not in contact with the hydrogen peroxide.
Austin mgonigal or whatever brought me here. I really enjoyed your video
Great, thanks!
I really want to deyellow my Gameboy Advance, there are just 2 things stoping me.
1 i dont have the Uv lights that i've seem some other channels uses, but you use the sun and i think thats pretty dope, can i use the peroxygem from the drugstore or it has to be the hair dyer?
2 when they remove the screen from the gba, i see some plastic security, like a black thin sticker removed that you cannot put back in anymore and most of the times they change everything related to the screen and i dont have any replacements.
1) No, it doesn't have to be the same as mine. I had that one because I used to bleach my hair. But if you buy the liquid one you find in drugstore, it will definitely work. In that case you will have to submerged your GBA parts in the liquid. Sun light works great, but it takes some time, that's it.
2) Mmmm, not sure exactly what you are talking about. Maybe could you share a video or image about it? By memory I don't remember stickers you cannot reuse to put every part back together.
How many hours do you leave it in direct sunlight??
I usually leave it one day and then see what the result is. Depending on the plastic and how much yellow they are, the pieces might need more uv exposition.
@@DrNEMO OK thank you, appreciate the response
Wow! Great job
Thank you!
I am a simple man. I see NEMO, I click.
:P
Thanks, Aidan!
So... Can you explain how it happens to a PlayStation 1 after it sat in a dark box in a closet for a year??
Not expert on the subject, so take this with a grain of salt. I think plastic polymers will eventually break down, sunlight definitely helps the process but might not be necessary for the process to occur.
Man. How you just drop that Z-block in the corner?
You really gonna do me like that?
Ahah, wasn't really focusing while playing :P
@@DrNEMO haha. Yeah, too busy on the well researched video :) I'm a new fan! Thankyou.
@@shramo Thank you!
I am nintendo a fan boy . But I have never hade a game boy. how does it feal to have it in your hands
Absolutely fantastic. It is heavy, and old school. I love the handheld. Right now I am playing Link's Awakening and it's super cool!
Do this reaction is toxic to air ? And health ?
Hydrogen peroxide is never good to inhale. Avoid letting the reaction happen close to a living space :)
Now, if Hasbro could learn how to FIX their plastic that does this in just months, w/o UV exposure.....
I want to turn a new plastic in yellow. Is it possible to accelerate the process?
I guess you could use powerful UV lights to accelerate the process!
Ok, will try it
This same curse has affected the front of my GameCube :(
Which other retro consoles do you have?
Hi Marc! Maybe it's time to deyellow it :)
In my current collection (not necessarily all retro though) I have A few Gameboy DMG, Pocket, Color, Advance, Advance SP (most of these have been modded), then Nintendo DS, DS lite, 3DS lite, I made some Gambeboy Macro with broken DS and DS lite, Super NES, Wii, Switch, PSP-1000, PSP-2000, PS1, PS2, Xbox 360, PS4.
Careful with that super glue. Cyanoacrylate based glues tend to evaporate and condense nearby, causing a white film to be deposited onto whatever surface happens to be near. You don't want that to happen on your clear window, or worse: your display. Learned that the hard way when I decided to use superglue rather than model kit glue on one of my airplanes. Totally messed up that cockpit.
Hi Juan, thank you very much for your advice. It is indeed very true, and I didn't think about it :) Fortunately it went well this time :P
Can you cover how trends may spread in the world today and in the past? I always loved stuff like that and I think it would be an interesting video!
Oh wow, that is a very good idea! Maybe one day :)
Super interesting
Glad you think so!
I honestly don't know why they turn yellow.
I hope Oxygen does some neat stuff to it. Well let's continue the video now.
;)
Well I was devastated.
@@CsabaGamings Oh no, I am very sorry.
You are strong.
Walmart Jerryrigeverything lol (dont take it personally)
I'm not!
I just might be able to finish this video before I go to work
PS yes I know what a Game Boy is but I’ve never played it I just saw a lot of them as a kid
:)
Why is my nes not yellow yet it’s under my tv which is next to my window
Not all old devices are made of the same type of plastic. You have been lucky and got a NES which plastic doesn't yellow! Sometimes you can find two different types of plastic on one single device, so only part of it yellows. I had that on a old PS1 I bought recently :)
I find it kinda ironic that you use the sun to reverse the yellowing caused by the sun
Yeah right? :D
Good video
Thanks!
- Reverse yellowing - DONE
But how to prevent it yellow returns again?
Keep it away from sunlight as much as you can!
Very interesting
Thanks!
White consoles and pcs always look beautiful, but because of this yellowing issue, I just buy black parts these days.
While it's possible to de-yellow these plastics, it also requires completely disassembling everything which is not exactly a convenient process.
True!
You should do a video about the mods cause that stuff looked so cool.
Yeaaaah, maybe on my second channel soon!
Yes, the hydrogen peroxide works well for turning yellowish plastic white again but after a couple months later the plastic turns yellow again. So the results are not lasting long. I have tried this procedure several times and I got the same result which I felt totaly wasted my time. The hidden part is knowing how to prevent re-yellowing process???
Mmmm maybe you have a very sensitive plastic! My gameboys, SNES and PS1 are very stable even after a year.
The secret is really to keep them as far as possible from sunlight! :)
@@DrNEMO dude I had 2 PlayStations in a box, in my closet for about a year and it turned yellow. I never had that issue when it sat out in my room and was played daily
the same reason why old papers turn yellow
📰
does yellowing also means the plastic life is going to end?
Yellowing usually makes the plastic more brittle yes. But in my experience, the gameboy's plastic is still quite solid!
GRAND MERCIIIII
Je t'en prie !
It might be because the topmost layer of plastic might be reacting with oxygen or any other atmospheric gas which deposits a yellow layer over time. Bleaching it with SO2 or something might work!
(Wrote before watching the whole video)
After watching, I was right except that I was wrong
Ahah, nice. Good guess though!
Sun exposure? Idk, wait I was right? LOl
Nice!
wow!
:)
This didn't show in my recommendations D:
Oh no :( next time I will write about it in the community tab.
very sad I only found this on the subscriptions tab
@@richtigmann1 RUclips is weird sometimes... Annoying.
Yeah...
This a game boy teardown tutorial lol
Well, if you want to clean it and bring it back to its original color, you have to tear it down first 😅
@@DrNEMO yea I'm just joking nice video
the light! It's the light that makes them yellow!
edit: I quite got it ^^
Smart Yazzie
Ngl I prefer the yellow gameboy
De gustibus !
Me though out the vid is that safe is that safe and so on
Eheh, it is! Just remove the batteries and wear gloves when using hydrogen peroxide!
It is a me me man that’s a old meme
Time travel is not a thing yet? If time travel ever exists it will exist in all of time since it could be used to bring the technology back.
If time travel will exist, time travel has always existed.
double camera action
Crazy equipment!
The sun?
hey i had the right idea
Nice!
My Nerf gun turned yellow
Oh nooo
Game Boy Advance > Game Boy
Fight me
I have a black and red gb advance with an new back-lit screen, it's the coolest thing. I love both!
Does this work on paper?😂
What do you mean?
@@DrNEMO Most paper also go brown or yellow when kept under sunlight. Since paper is also a polymer, is it because if the polymer breaking down?
@@ashgreninja7521 Ooooh like old newspapers? Yes, from my understanding it's the same process! The molecule involved is, as you said, also a polymer, called lignin. Not 100% sure light is necessary for the process to occur though.
They were made in china. That's why they turn yellow.
😅
I dont know :p
Ah yeah, the big old sun
Damn sun.
My guess is, it's the UV light, reacting some way with the plastics. My reasoning: I have seen plastics in sunlight yellowing where it faces the sun. Let's see how correct I am.
Edit: Yup!
Good guess!