Episode 103 - Retro-bright vs sun-bright
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- which is better, Hydrogen peroxide bath in the sun or just a direct sun bake all day. in this episode we find out with matching Amiga 500 GVP impact external hard drive cases.
I am from england and the sun coming out is a rare occurance lol...usually raining so it would be a very long process here.
How did the stickers hold up on the cover? I'm curious if I can leave manufacture stickers, labels, printings, etc. in the peroxide without them getting destroyed or ruined. I'm also curious if the Sun will fade them too.
they are perfect! no damage at all!
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Great! I think I will try it out! I have tried out spraying straight up 3% hydrogen peroxide on a playstation before, and it surprisingly worked within 3 hours!
I just tried with an old DIN keyboard, with the sun only i benefit of the actual long sunny days., it is sunny almost until 10PM now around here in Belgium, no chemicals or water , after the first day it is clearly already almost done, but i am trying a second day to have it better, i just notice the brand label around the led light which is still tan color, I don't remember how it was originally
Yeah but at what time does the sun come up?
What percentage of peroxide did you use?
it didn't say, just whatever was on the shelf. 2 bottles. it worked wonders!
Sorry, you can ignore this. Just read through previous comments where you have already answered my questions! 😊
Hi Chris, finally was able to purchase an Amiga 500 again after the 30 years. Can't wait to get back into the hobby! Thanks for your videos, they are awesome and very informative. My A500 is quite yellow and just wondering if you have noticed any negative effects from this method 1 year later? Also is their a ratio of peroxide to water that you should use?
I just dumped two bottles of whatever was at the grocery store to a tub of hot water and let it set in the sun for 8 hours. No real measurment just more must
Be better.
This is a very, very weak mix. 2x small bottles with only 3% hydrogen peroxide mixed with all that water. I buy 5 liter (just over a US gallon) bottles with 12% hydrogen peroxide and dilute with another 5 liters of distilled water. This gives a 6% hydrogen peroxide mix. Yours would only be a fractions of a percent, thus doing very little. Have you tried a stronger solution?
Did you even watch it. It worked great
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Don't get me wrong, great video. However, I've discovered that it takes significantly less time with a stronger concentration.
Good to know. I did this with what i had available to me here
@Teknogod17 been years and its as good as it was then.
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Hi there Chris! Did you ever coat the finished plastic with 303 UV resistant (or armor-all UV resistant) spray? I read this would actually help slow down the oxidization process. Apparently its inevitable that the yellowing will return but some plastics can withstand it more than others.
I needed 3 days in the sun to lighten my A500 case and my C1540 drive case. Peroxide is certainly faster, but there are parts like monitors that you can't submerge. Both retrobrighting techniques have their uses
My main issue with just leaving it in the sun for 3 days would be living in the UK. That's basically leaving it in the sun for the entire of summer...
@@Farmelle Good point! It works perfect for me, as I am in Tucson, Arizona and we get about 300 days of sunshine a year.
@@10MARC I'm in my 40's and I don't think I've seen that many days of sunshine in my whole life :D
It works! I got some white spots. you know why? or how to remove them. Thank you ! :)
This was very informative, I’ll be doing this with some retro consoles/controllers soon probably when it gets warmer out lol
start off with hot water, makes it so much better to keep warm w the sun. the heat is key
Of course retrobright would do better... How would it not? Using plastic on a sun with nothing is what makes the yellowing in the first place.
not true ,its heat and indirect sunlight, windows filter uv. as you probably saw, they did both brighten up and still remain the same color almost a year later now.
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
there's a lot of research on bromination, i suggest you take a read. also, bare glass windows do not block UV radiation.
@@MassimoBoscoMusic
that's because bromine oxidizes
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration So what does yellowing? Direct sunlight? Or indirect? Is there any difference? Is it just sun in everyform.
@@MassimoBoscoMusic that is interesting.