[Coco] Painting Yellowed CoCo Cases

[Kevin Diggs]

Hi,

	I consider my yellowed deuce to be an antique. The yellowing is its
badge of honor.

					kevin

Bob wrote:
> 
> --- "Boisy G. Pitre" <boisy at boisypitre.com> wrote:
> > Someone posted recently about removing the yellowing that can take
> > place on CoCo cases.  I have one or two CoCos that I've inherited that
> > really need some type of makeover.  Has anyone experimented with
> > different spray paints?  I'm not interested in weird colors for now,
> > just plain "white" or something as close as possible to the original
> > color.
> 
> Look for an appliance enamel for a very tough finish. I painted my old silver
> CoCo1 back in '86 (a nice almond) and it's held up *way* better than the
> original silver did.
> 
> > The CoCo case tops tend to have a good anchor profile, with small
> > ridges and bumps that should provide a good base for paints.  Should
> > the case be primed first?   Any considerations that you chemists out
> > there can provide?
> 
> I'd just make sure it's clean, clean, clean! No fingerprints or anything.
> Dishwashing liquid would probably be good, get all the skin oils off. Dust
> won't be as noticeable on a 2 or 3 case as it was the smooth CoCo1 case.
> 
> Take some before and after shots, eh?
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
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