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RetroBright - SE/30 plastics AFTER
Here is the "after" shot which shows my deyellowed SE/30 system. I cleaned all the plastics on the SE/30, on the HD20 drive underneath and the IIgs keyboard. Large plastics were deyellowed with my gel version of RetroBright while small parts such as the keyboard keys were submerged in the liquid version.
The Apple speakers you see were never yellowed. I bought these new in the box on EBAY -- they were never used by the owner and always stored in the box so they never yellowed. The speakers show just how perfect the RetroBright method is (at least, in accordance with how I implemented it). It doesn't turn the plastics white. Instead it restores the plastics to their original platinum appearance.
Yes, yes, if you look closely you can see that the front bezel of the SE/30 is not 100% deyellowed as the back housing. But after staring at white cardboard all day outside, my eyes were shot. Another dose of RetroBright and a few hours in the sun would make the front and back sides match perfectly. But that will be for another day. Breaking apart my SE/30 was a chore I don't wish to repeat often!
But the back housing of this SE/30 was really what impressed me. The reason is because the yellowing on that piece was not uniform. There was more yellowing on the side and top surrounding the analog board PSU (which clearly was induced by the heat coming off that board through the years). I used the same amount of gel and the same amount of UV exposure to the entire back housing, and yet, as you can see, the back housing deyellowed 100% uniform. There is now no sign whatsoever that it ever had patchy yellowing before! This adds further evidence to the fact that the RetroBright deyellowing method does not mere lighten the existing color, but in fact it restores the plastics to their original color.
RetroBright - SE/30 plastics AFTER
Here is the "after" shot which shows my deyellowed SE/30 system. I cleaned all the plastics on the SE/30, on the HD20 drive underneath and the IIgs keyboard. Large plastics were deyellowed with my gel version of RetroBright while small parts such as the keyboard keys were submerged in the liquid version.
The Apple speakers you see were never yellowed. I bought these new in the box on EBAY -- they were never used by the owner and always stored in the box so they never yellowed. The speakers show just how perfect the RetroBright method is (at least, in accordance with how I implemented it). It doesn't turn the plastics white. Instead it restores the plastics to their original platinum appearance.
Yes, yes, if you look closely you can see that the front bezel of the SE/30 is not 100% deyellowed as the back housing. But after staring at white cardboard all day outside, my eyes were shot. Another dose of RetroBright and a few hours in the sun would make the front and back sides match perfectly. But that will be for another day. Breaking apart my SE/30 was a chore I don't wish to repeat often!
But the back housing of this SE/30 was really what impressed me. The reason is because the yellowing on that piece was not uniform. There was more yellowing on the side and top surrounding the analog board PSU (which clearly was induced by the heat coming off that board through the years). I used the same amount of gel and the same amount of UV exposure to the entire back housing, and yet, as you can see, the back housing deyellowed 100% uniform. There is now no sign whatsoever that it ever had patchy yellowing before! This adds further evidence to the fact that the RetroBright deyellowing method does not mere lighten the existing color, but in fact it restores the plastics to their original color.