My retrobright experiment starts tonight. For those of you who are not familiar with this process I clipped this from wikipedia.
Retrobright (stylized as retr0bright or Retrobrite[1]) is a hydrogen peroxide-based process for removing yellowing from ABS plastics.
Yellowing in ABS plastic occurs when it is exposed to UV light or excessive heat, which causes photo-oxidation of polymers that breaks polymer chains and causes the plastic to yellow and become brittle.
The purpose of this is to see what will happen to a clear dome or lense that has yellowed from UV over the years and see if this can be reversed. All the sanding and the polishing in the world can't get the yellow out of the plastic.
I'm using 1 Gallon of hydrogen Peroxide 18% aqueous solution along with a heater on a temperature controller for the water. This is inside a UV box I built based of Odd Tinkering's video.
The control will be a Jetstream clear center lense that has for lack of a better word turned yellow.
I'll check back tomorrow to see what the results are.
Retrobright (stylized as retr0bright or Retrobrite[1]) is a hydrogen peroxide-based process for removing yellowing from ABS plastics.
Yellowing in ABS plastic occurs when it is exposed to UV light or excessive heat, which causes photo-oxidation of polymers that breaks polymer chains and causes the plastic to yellow and become brittle.
The purpose of this is to see what will happen to a clear dome or lense that has yellowed from UV over the years and see if this can be reversed. All the sanding and the polishing in the world can't get the yellow out of the plastic.
I'm using 1 Gallon of hydrogen Peroxide 18% aqueous solution along with a heater on a temperature controller for the water. This is inside a UV box I built based of Odd Tinkering's video.
The control will be a Jetstream clear center lense that has for lack of a better word turned yellow.
I'll check back tomorrow to see what the results are.