JDW
Well-known member
Folks, I did all the work this past Spring, but it took me until now to upload the photos to my Flickr account. Simply put, I used both liquid and gel versions of RetroBright on my entire SE/30 setup, including HD20, mouse, and IIgs keyboard. I have prepared 14 photos with detailed commentary under each photo for you here:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=RetroBright&w=66071596%40N00
If the name wasn't so great, I'd rather call it LumpyBright, for it was our own LumpyDog who got me interested in doing this job. Lumpy answered all my questions on this forum many months ago, and he truly laid the groundwork for my to achieve success in my deyellowing mission. The folks behind "RetroBright" are all good people, but they use concentrations of H202 that are just beyond reason. As my photos show (and the photos of LumpyDog), you only need cheap, drug store 3% peroxide to do the job, in conjunction with some OxiClean. Indeed, using a tad more OxiClean seems to work better and safer and cheaper than highly concentrated H202 mixes.
Also, I have not found anyone who had tried corn starch in their gel version of RetroBright, so perhaps I've charted new waters here. The fact is, corn starch works great. And it doesn't seem to have the problems that others on the RetroBright Wiki mentioned having with their gelling ingredients. I simply needed to reapply my mix throughout the day. But the good news is that it only took 1 day (9am to sundown) to accomplish what you see in the photos.
Enjoy. And if you have any questions or desire clarifications, I will be happy to add new info under my Flickr photos for everyone.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=RetroBright&w=66071596%40N00
If the name wasn't so great, I'd rather call it LumpyBright, for it was our own LumpyDog who got me interested in doing this job. Lumpy answered all my questions on this forum many months ago, and he truly laid the groundwork for my to achieve success in my deyellowing mission. The folks behind "RetroBright" are all good people, but they use concentrations of H202 that are just beyond reason. As my photos show (and the photos of LumpyDog), you only need cheap, drug store 3% peroxide to do the job, in conjunction with some OxiClean. Indeed, using a tad more OxiClean seems to work better and safer and cheaper than highly concentrated H202 mixes.
Also, I have not found anyone who had tried corn starch in their gel version of RetroBright, so perhaps I've charted new waters here. The fact is, corn starch works great. And it doesn't seem to have the problems that others on the RetroBright Wiki mentioned having with their gelling ingredients. I simply needed to reapply my mix throughout the day. But the good news is that it only took 1 day (9am to sundown) to accomplish what you see in the photos.
Enjoy. And if you have any questions or desire clarifications, I will be happy to add new info under my Flickr photos for everyone.