/vr/ - Retro Games

semen

you don't. a piss colored console is pure SOVL

Retrobrite works wonder, disregard the retard offense force that shills against it.

Just tell your friends it's a limited gold PSX.

>>8310852
In all honesty I wouldn't even bother playstations are really cheap, and always your best bet is to find a unit that never yellowed.

>>8310852
Man, I regret not picking up old consoles for cheap at thrift stores. I was always put off because they looked so disgusting

>>8310852
>>8310892
Retrobrite is fine for inexpensive consoles like the ps1. I would never use it on something rare and valuable though.

>>8310914
i bet it would be cheaper to just buy a not yellowed ps1 than the retrobrite itself and everything you need for it

You can paint it black

Paint a little red penis on it too

>>8310892
>no more memes
retrobrite is gay and you're a fuckin clown for doing it

>>8310892
Retrobrite works, but it's not a permanent fix. It will start to yellow again eventually and the plastic gets more and more brittle with each retrobriting. It's a double-edged sword.

>>8311015

>>8310852
Ok guys, serious question, how the fuck does that yellowing even happen? And don't say smoking, because I used to be a heavy smoker, I'd smoke in the room with my consoles and none of them ever looked like that, even after quite a few years. What gives? Were different batches of consoles made with different quality plastic or some shit?

>>8311061
It's a chemical called bromide that they used to add to plastic to make it more fire-resistant. The problem is that the bond with the plastic starts to weaken over time (UV light in particular speeds up the process, which is why consoles kept in a room with a lot of sunlight age significantly faster). When bromide separates, it gives the plastic a yellow coloration.

Retrobrite (hydrogen peroxide) causes a chemical reaction with the bromide that re-bonds it to the plastic, restoring it to how it's supposed to look. Obviously, it's not a permanent solution because the bromide will eventually come loose again. (and re-bonding the bromide constantly isn't great for the plastic)

>>8311081
Thank you anon. That answers it, I hated sunlight with a passion when playing vidya, because of screen glare. So basically people with social life who weren't total shut-ins got punished for it with yellowed consoles. Damn...

>>8311098
>people who are too fucking stupid or bougie to care for their possessions

>>8311081
>>8311098
This is apparently nearly all incorrect.
This video goes into it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPl356YKcVs
Retrobrite is just bleaching.

it seems to be pure luck
i have a snes and dreamcast that literally got suncooked in my upstairs gameroom for years

it just depends on how much of the fire stopper chemical you got in your production run

obv smoking will brown and stain shit but i had a wii that got smoked the fuck out during my college years and it was crystal white as well (snes also)


i wouldn't bother reshelling or refurbishing a system
just buy more consoles who fucking cares

>>8310852
lol

>>8310852
Sandblasting.

>>8310856
>semen
this

>>8311854
this
blast it with cum

>>8311081
>It's a chemical called bromide that they used to add to plastic to make it more fire-resistant. The problem is that the bond with the plastic starts to weaken over time (UV light in particular speeds up the process, which is why consoles kept in a room with a lot of sunlight age significantly faster). When bromide separates, it gives the plastic a yellow coloration.
This was proven incorrect. It’s just misinformation that was passed around long enough that people believed it.

>>8311098
>So basically people with social life who weren't total shut-ins got punished for it with yellowed consoles.
People take their consoles out with them? Oh right, forgot about all those beach parties with ps1s.

Peroxide or weird mixtures whitens the plastic but the effect last just few months, and the plastic becomes brittle. Someone says that to whiten the plastic you can just leave it to the direct sunlight in open air, I dont know if it's true but most probably it doesn't weakens the plastic, anyway the effect must be short as well.
Maybe the best solution is just to paint the plastic. Try to whiten the more you can it with the open air trick and then paint it, but there are couple of passage first, like scrubbing it with scotch brite or something, there are many tutorial on youtube, follow them.

>>8310852
Direct sunlight (no window) is all you need

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P1OVj0IcqY&t=5m48s

>>8313313
enjoy your brittle plastic

>>8310852
https://youtu.be/jdWRsjnVD3s

>>8313335
cope retrobrite user

>>8310896
I think I used up all my social capital with that whole 'uncle works at Nintendo' story.

>>8313382
>implying I'd ever remove the yellow (read: soul)

>>8311854
Anyone down to bukkake a super nintendo?

>>8313282
In the same video linked here: >>8311125
The plastic is already brittle as a result of the oxidation that causes the yellowing in the first place. Bleaching it probably doesn't make it any more brittle. After that, applying UV protectant seems to help it not yellow again as quickly.
The problem with painting is that it's very difficult to do it perfectly and in a manner that will last and it will cover up any logos on the console.

Just dish soap not even memeing

>>8314663

>>8310852
Without damaging the perfectly fine shell? Wear blue tinted glasses

>>8311015
yeah no shit. a PS1 isn't eternal and you will die too.

>>8311015
>more and more brittle with each retrobriting
Its mots more brittle due to age, not retrobrigting.

I wouldn't mind my consoles yellowing if it happened evenly. But instead the different pieces of plastic do so unevenly, like how in OP's pic the controller ports are still the stock gray color.

That's how my Super Nintendo is. Almost the entire thing is stock gray. But the 'faceplate' in front of the switches and eject button is noticeably yellowed.
Never attempted a retrobrighting, especially because that seems like even more of a pain in the ass for uneven yellowing like this. Don't do it long enough and it's still mismatched. Do it too long and you make the plastic whiter than the original gray plastic surrounding it, making it mismatched anyway. You'd need to get it exactly right on the money to make it look right.

>>8318675
>mots
Gets*. Fucking hell I cant type.

do I have to make the retrospunk or can I just submerge the shell in straightass peroxide

>>8318778
Submerge it. This way everything brightens up evenly. Just water it down (preferably with hot water so it works quicker).