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Retr0bright
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English
Etymology
From en retro bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See en retrocomputing.
Noun
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en computing A chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases.
en 15 April 2009 capknight Re: Apple Power Supply Questions https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.apple2/c/J7sgFhVRsU0/m/HGVcgOLhEGkJ comp.sys.apple2 Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah!
en 9 March 2012 JC Re: Cleaning my routed STTNG - how to restore the ships? https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/oO9iz6PctIo/m/eCh7rj3oS2UJ rec.games.pinball retr0bright works well but the plastic does indeed need to be ABS.
en 2020 Greg Farrell Game Boy Modding: A Beginner's Guide to Game Boy Mods, Collecting, History, and More! https://www.google.com/books/edition/Game_Boy_Modding/yCikDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22retrobright%22&pg=PA51 51 If you want to try this method, you can find Retr0bright recipes and instructions online.
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Verb
en computing To remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method.
en 13 October 2009 atfphot...@gmail.com Re: What's in your Apple? https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.apple2/c/ni4Pt13Hncg/m/m1dPtJDn5GcJ comp.sys.apple2 These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards
en 28 June 2017 cb meeks Re: Yet another IIc in my collection https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.apple2/c/H_RwvtkADLU/m/14mUyUo-AAAJ comp.sys.apple2 This IIc is cleaning up really nice. Going to Retrobright it soon!
en 2021 Jamie Lendino Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution https://www.google.com/books/edition/Faster_Than_Light_The_Atari_ST_and_the_1/KkaoDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22retrobright%22&pg=PA270 270 Do you need to retrobright your machine if it has some yellowing?