[Coco] This CoCo has a TAN!

[Bill Loguidice]

Yes, it's supposedly the fire retardant chemical that causes the
discoloration on so many different light colored classic systems. Lots of
people swear by retr0bright and do it on a regular basis, but I've been
concerned about reports that the effects have started to wear off in as
little as a year. If it was a permanent fix, I wouldn't have an issue with
it, but my concern is that additional applications will further weaken/make
brittle the plastic. In my collection I already have a few non-treated
systems that have brittle plastic from age (e.g., an Exidy Sorcerer,
Videopac G7400, and even a Sony CRT TV). As a collector who also likes to
use all of his stuff, I'd rather put up with the discoloration than risk
compromising the case's integrity.

In any case, I guess we'll know better the long terms effects
of retr0bright and similar processes in the next five years or so.

-Bill

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <
retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you ever heard about retr0bright ?
>
> http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/
>
> IT DOES WORK!
>
>
> Luis Felipe Antoniosi
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Spencer via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Greetings.
> >
> > All the Coco veterans et al.
> >
> > Is there a way to prevent this from happening?  I just got into your Coco
> > world, and would love to keep mine white.  I'm guessing since what I have
> > is 30+ years old and white the systems will stay that way?  Of course
> > providing they receive proper care.
> >
> > Is it possible to remove this yellowing?  I saw somewhere - a long time
> > ago - that it's a chemical in the plastics that help to retard flaming in
> > the event of a fire, and under certain circumstances this chemical can
> > cause yellowing.  Is this fact or fiction?
> >
> > Spencer
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, June 12, 2014 6:12 AM, Eddie P. <eddiepl75 at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Wow! Is the plastic more likely to become brittle or flake away when it
> > becomes like that?
> >
> > Eddie P.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On 12 Jun 2014, at 7:39 pm, "Rogelio Perea" <os9dude at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Never had seen such an extreme case (pun intended) of yellowing... this
> > on
> > > an Ebay auction:
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/mpgqnp9
> > >
> > > Nice candidate for a paint over job :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > -- RP
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