Retr0bright

1. uncountablecomputingA chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases.

   retr0bright works well but the plastic does indeed need to be ABS.

   2012 March 9, JC, “Re: Cleaning my routed STTNG - how to restore the ships?”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet)

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   Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah!

   2009 April 15, capknight, “Re: Apple Power Supply Questions”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)

   If you want to try this method, you can find Retr0bright recipes and instructions online.

   2020, Greg Farrell, Game Boy Modding: A Beginner's Guide to Game Boy Mods, Collecting, History, and More!, page 51

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1. computingTo remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method.

   Do you need to retrobright your machine if it has some yellowing?

   2021, Jamie Lendino, Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution, page 270

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   These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards […]

   2009 October 13, atfphot...@gmail.com, “Re: What's in your Apple?”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)

   This IIc is cleaning up really nice. Going to Retrobright it soon!

   2017 June 28, cb meeks, “Re: Yet another IIc in my collection”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet)