Timeline for How to clean an old computer ball-mouse
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| May 17, 2016 at 21:43 | comment | added | knghtbrd | Regarding the brittleness of the plastic, it's already going to be brittle. Alcohol won't change that, and contrary to many claims neither would hydrogen peroxide. I cannot say the same for other agents added to various retrobrite recipes to create slurries. The liquid stuff shouldn't make the plastic more brittle. Reports are that the cream developer also does not, however you may need to babysit it more because it's not transparent. | |
| May 17, 2016 at 21:39 | comment | added | knghtbrd | Alcohol will not affect the yellowing in the least because the discoloration is not caused by anything on the plastic, but rather the chemicals inside of it. In particular, the fire retardant bromide added to plastics of the era is susceptible particularly to UV light. Retrobrite treatments help that, but if exposed to UV again, the yellow comes back. | |
| May 11, 2016 at 1:27 | comment | added | José | @suici-doga, I usually use isopropyl alcohol. Do not work half the times as some yellow still remains - in some small cases, makes the plastic weak and I don't know why. So avoid using it for rare gems. But, mnem, this answer of yours really helps! I can now sign the retirement of isopropyl alcohol! | |
| May 8, 2016 at 6:44 | vote | accept | Suici Doga | ||
| May 8, 2016 at 6:23 | history | answered | mnem | CC BY-SA 3.0 |