Re: Re: Bleach Time!
By: hal to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Mar 07 2021 02:38 pm
> pF> I have my dad's old Microsoft yellowed intellimouse, recovered from my
> pF> mom's junk drawer. It's a sunny day, and I'm going to experiment with
> pF> hydrogen peroxide and baking soda to see if I can bleach it out.
> no idea about hydrogen peroxide but 8bit guy on youtube had great results
> with retrobrite
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZYbchvSUDY
> I've seen others use it and similar products on youtube videos. Worth a
> search for restoring retro computing equipment as I have seen videos like
> that several times
this is interesting. apparently the plastic is so porous it's trapping something
from the air that makes it a uniform yellow. the things with hydrogen peroxide
are getting in there and releasing the stains.
i wonder what that yellow shit is. it's not human dirt. contaminants in our air.
in my uncle's case it would be cig smoke.
i've had old stuff like that but it didnt get that nasty yellow. i'm also not a
smoker.
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