{"id":21,"date":"2018-04-18T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/?p=21"},"modified":"2018-04-18T16:25:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T16:25:58","slug":"my-experience-with-retr0brighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"My experience with Retr0Brighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have several Atari 8 bit and Atari ST models all with some level of yellowing plastic cases..\u00a0So I decided to give the retr0Brite process a whirl&#8230; The idea is to use Salon Strength Hydrogen Peroxide to beach the plastic to a earlier color..\u00a0The problem I have where I live is a lack of sun&#8230; so I went for the UV light option&#8230; where people on youtube had reported improvement of colour in hours&#8230; it took me weeks..\u00a0But I did get the\u00a0results I wanted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>When there was a glimpse\u00a0of sunshine I did turn off the UV but we got hardly any..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22\" src=\"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite.png 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the results are worth it as seen next &gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23\" src=\"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite3-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite3-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite3.png 556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only problem I had with my Atari 130xe is that the process also stripped the red colour from the logo badge.. still looks nice though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite2-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/retro-rick.djsho.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/retr0brite2.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have several Atari 8 bit and Atari ST models all with some level of yellowing plastic cases..\u00a0So I decided to give the retr0Brite process a whirl&#8230; 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