[Coco] Res: Re: Case whitening [was MY CoCo3]

[Michael Graham]

No, but I wouldn't be surprised if the original owner did all the time.  
It looked in awful shape when I bought it (which is the only reason I 
could afford it at the time, since nobody else wanted one THAT yellow).  
I was pleasantly surprised when I found an unexpected 512k upgrade 
inside after I got it, though, so it really was worth it.  My original 
retr0briting job made it look fantastic, but I guess it didn't undo the 
original chemical reaction all the way, so the yellowing just came back 
at an accelerated rate.  I was afraid to use too strong a solution, 
though, or to leave it on too long as I've seen pictures online of 
people who have done so and caused 'blooming' in the plastic.  But even 
with all that care, I still managed to forget to mask off the case badge 
and ended up drastically fading out the red bar, haha.  I colored it 
back in with red sharpie, but it still looks a bit off.

--Michael

On 1/14/2014 11:35 AM, Tim Fadden wrote:
> Do you smoke in the room with your COCO?  he he he
>
> Tim
>
> On 1/14/2014 10:23 AM, Michael Graham wrote:
>> My CoCo 3, unfortunately, has already noticeably re-yellowed from 
>> it's retr0briting a couple of years ago.  I'm not sure if I want to 
>> keep doing it every couple of years, or just leave it be.  Then 
>> again, I did use a cheaper, but more complicated way of making a 
>> retr0brite gel, so perhaps if I tried a simpler method I wouldn't be 
>> as reluctant to do it again.
>>
>> --Michael
>>
>> On 1/14/2014 10:30 AM, Daniel Campos wrote:
>>> Here in Rio that's not a problem. :-)
>>> I already retr0brighted my CoCo3 and a Coco2 keyboard. 30 minutes is 
>>> enough of sun  exposition.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>> Enviado pelo meu aparelho BlackBerry
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
>>> Sender: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com
>>> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 10:54:48
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts<coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts 
>>> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Case whitening [was MY CoCo3]
>>>
>>> Montreal is not a shinny place too But I do manage to get some. Of
>>> course july/august is the retrobright season here.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Glen VanDenBiggelaar
>>> <glenvdb at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Sun?????
>>>> Here in Edmonton we don't really have much sun, so I am not really 
>>>> privily to that. I did a Amiga 3000 keyboard shell outside in 
>>>> September (while camping) but left it 2 days on the back bumper of 
>>>> the RV out in what sun we got here. :) I don't really see the sun, 
>>>> I am usually locked in a dark room in front of computers all day 
>>>> and night.Even my window in my small apartment is blacked out in 
>>>> order not to see it. LOL
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>>>
>>>>> if you put in the sun it will take 2 hours to remove all the yellow.
>>>>> But put inside a transparent bag.
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