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Dropped $75 on a retrobrite kit for my yellowed Model M and I should've just left it alone
I know everyone here loves a bright white board but the retrobrite thing went bad for me. Ordered a $45 gel kit plus a $30 UV lamp, spent two weekends on it in my garage in Sacramento, and the case came out blotchy, way worse than the even yellow it had before. Turns out the plastic on these old cases doesn't fade evenly and once you overdo the peroxide it goes chalky and there's no going back. The keys came out fine but the case looks like a leopard now and I can't unsee it. I get that shiny restored boards look great in photos but a lot of us are chasing a look that old plastic just won't give back. Has anyone had luck with plain old sunlight and patience instead of the kits, or am I better off just rocking the yellow?
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