Any suggestions for cleaning yellowed computer parts?

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Tue Nov 4 12:15:42 2003

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 18:55, B.Degnan wrote:
> Does anyone have a secret recipe that is *safe* for cleaning
> yellowed/stained plastic computer parts that were originally white? I have
> had some success with various cleaning agents, but nothing spectacular.

I think there's been a chemical change in the plastic near the surface,
and it can't be cleaned, in many cases.

However in the automotive world there are plastic dyes that work
amazingly well. I can't recall the brands, but there's a cheap one
that's not suitable for high-quality auto work, but would likely be fine
for computers (eg. you don't leave them in the sun to bake, temp.
extremes, etc).

They can be used to do fantastically subtle color matching, far beyond
the needs of computer case refab. They're not that much money.

Ask at a decent automotive paint store (yellow pages in the US).
Received on Tue Nov 04 2003 - 12:15:42 GMT