drosse1meyer wrote on 2020-11-30, 16:17:
Yea this was my first time retrobrighting and I used that same method. Everything I read said it takes at least a day in full sun, so I did it in the morning, left it on the windowsill, and went out for the day. Probably not a good decision for the gray trim which was way overbleached. Also dealing with saran wrap is a PITA and i think that partially causes the unevenness, especially if it's not perfectly set up. The 40-cream application was very smooth, I used a foam brush. Clearly there was a different impact on the gray trim, those parts definitely came out with more problems than the beige.
On a good day, I put them out in the sun at 11am (as late as mid OCtober) and they're done by 1-2PM. I live in the great white north, so if you're like in Florida or something, I would say a day would overcook it. The beauty of using this method is that I don't even have to take anything apart - hair bleach goes on the part with a paint brush (I usually put way more on than you have), saran wrap right over top, outside, and then it gets wiped off. This works great for fascias - just take the metal cover off the case and apply away. Crevices and corners get a damp toothbrush until all the formula is gone.
Easiest method IMO.
It looks decent, definitely an improvement.
BTW I also use CF - in all my systems, up from my 286 all the way to my MMX. I have a variety of them around here, but all my computers boot off a regular hard disk, mostly for the nostalgic sounds. My MMX boots from a 15,000 RPM SCSI II drive, it's eerily quiet without it. The only system that is completely without conventional drive is my 486 DLC, which uses an Innodisk IDE disk on card, and the secondary drive is an SCSI2SD. That computer is an ongoing experiment and doesn't get used often anyhow.
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