Amiga Community Collaborates On Restorative Gel To Brighten Your Old Plastic 225
jamie pointed out an Amiga community that took a discovery of how to restore old computer plastic, super-charged it, and then opened the process to the public domain. Time to spruce up those old dusty TRS-80s in the basement. "All of the initial tests were done with a liquid and we realized that for large parts this was getting expensive, so the next stage was to make a paintable 'gel' version that could be brushed onto larger surfaces. This was tried in Arizona in the sun and the UK under a UV lamp and was found to be just as effective as the liquid. We have now released this to the public domain for anyone to use as we can't patent it and we coined the nickname 'Retr0brite' for it, as it summed up what we were actually doing with it."
Amiga Community (Score:5, Funny)
Both of them?
mind in the gutter, I blame the intartubes (Score:2, Funny)
It sounds to me like this concept has a lot more potential uses. There are likely many other types of plastic where the same protection chemicals were used. While this probably won't help anyone dealing with plastics exposed to other environmental hazards (like dashboards which fade out under too much sunlight), it may prove useful in restoring other items.
What other items can you think of?
Used dildos?
Re:After so much silence.. (Score:3, Funny)
"Fuck computers. We're going into gels."
I think KY already has a product for that.
Re:Hydrogen peroxide attacks some plastics (Score:5, Funny)
You'd have to be careful with at least PET, because that degrades when exposed to H2O2 for more than a minute or so
No no, they're talking about restoring AMIGAS, not those angular early 8-bit Commodore computers.
Re:After so much silence.. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:After so much silence.. (Score:5, Funny)
Or you can use the DIY Gentoo based computer called "Go fuck yourself"
Re:offtopic, but (Score:4, Funny)
You're looking for Paul Thurrott's SUPERSITE for WINDOWS.
He's the AM Radio of the tech industry and the intellectual force behind the Microsoft Party.