12 Feb
2009
12 Feb
'09
8:05 a.m.
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, David Griffith <dgriffi at
cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
I asked about how it might work on the SNES's weird yellowing. Someone's
working on that.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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Over at Atariage.com is a discussion about
reversing the
yellowing of plastic. The procedure was designed by
chemical and plastics engineers. It works and doesn't
weaken the plastic. See
http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=138244&hl=
and http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=37808 for the
original source.
This is really interesting. I wonder how well this would work on a Super
Nintendo. Those also yellowed because the plastic wasn't always mixed
properly - something to do with the flame retardant in the plastic. They
yellow on any surface that is exposed to oxygen, and they get really
brittle too. This process couldn't possibly strengthen the plastic,
could it?
It's worth a shot though. Very cool.