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How To: Remove Plastic Yellowing

The sad reality of collecting vintage toys is that even if you take the BEST care of them they can turn yellow. For some items it can be a chemical reaction in the plastic due to heat or simply age, for others it can be sun fading from being left outside or in a window space for too long. Even exposure to cigarette smoke can yellow plastics. Today I want to talk about a process called…

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If you love your vintage electronics, most of you will find that the plastic cover will get yellow over time. I found some simple tutorials to get the plastic back to white colour again by using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) which is easily can be found in many hair colouring products. The tricky part is to get the H2O2 that’s in form of a gel instead of liquid. Gel can be easily applied and stick to the plastic of your electronics. 

Step by step instructions:

Open the instrument and separate the electronics with the casing

Apply equally the H2O2 on the casing

Cover the casing with plastic food wrap (can be easily found in convenience store), make sure it closes as much as possible

Put it outdoor to get the ultraviolet light from the sun and leave it as long as possible