Citations:Retr0bright
English citations of Retr0bright, Retrobright, retr0bright, retrobright, retr0brite, and retrobrite
Noun: "(computing) a chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from plastic computer and electronics cases"
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- 2011 July 28, jon allison, “Re: retr0bright and ramps”, in rec.games.pinball[9] (Usenet):
- I tried doing some retr0bright on some white 60's EM pop bumper bodies. I left the stuff on for almost a day and it never did anything. It obviously works on the 80's plastics for computers but not the older stuff and possibly not the newer stuff.
- 2014 February 19, Polymorph, “Re: How to Clean and Apple II case?”, in comp.sys.apple2[14] (Usenet):
- Whilst I only applied retro brite to one of my IIgs' about 6 months ago (using Tezza's recipe), I have since read on the retro brite forums of people (including Tezza of YouTube fame) experiencing the yellow returning to their vintage equipment after a few years.
- 2020, Greg Farrell, Game Boy Modding: A Beginner's Guide to Game Boy Mods, Collecting, History, and More!, page 51:
- If you want to try this method, you can find Retr0bright recipes and instructions online.
- 2021, Jamie Lendino, Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution, page 269:
- Commonly called Retrobright (or, more properly, Retr0bright), it's a chemical formulation and step-by-step process you can apply to old hardware to remove the yellow effect and bring out the plastic's natural coloring.
Verb: "(computing) to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method"
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- 2009 October 13, atfphot...@gmail.com, “Re: What's in your Apple?”, in comp.sys.apple2[20] (Usenet):
- These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards as well as replacing power supplies but keeping the original chassis to hide the modifications).
- 2021, Jamie Lendino, Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution, page 270:
- Do you need to retrobright your machine if it has some yellowing?