Painting ,restoring an Amiga 500 case

[mam2015]

Hi,

Just wondering anyone has any experience painting ,or using an homemade retro-bright solution,on their Amigas ?
Thanks

 

[Pghulme]

I've done both
i prefer to use retrobright where possible and only ever painted plastic when there has been damage to it and have had to fill in chips/cracks before painting it.

 

[sneeker]

ve only retrobrited, never painted as it doesnt really look right, bblonde from boots etc is eary to use as you just brush it on, no mixing etc first.

 

[MadMaxGR]

Sorry to intervene, because I am interested to repair some deep scratches, the only solution is to fill them and then paint?

As for just whitening I use peroxide at vol 40 (used at the hair dressing) under the sun light for 10 hours. Usually that clean much of the yellowing. I just do not know if in long term it damage the plastic.

 

[zekstra]

None of homemade Retro-bright solution didn't work for me. Even after painting casing, yellowing reappeared after a few weeks.
Sometimes there's no help.

 

[MadMaxGR]

What do you use at your retro bright?

 

[bootsie]

I resprayed a couple of Amiga 1000 cases because retr0bright didn't do the job well enough. I found Kolorbond which seems to be for uPVC window frames but worked really well on the ABS Amiga cases. I was really pleased with the result.



More pictures and details on my blog at http://bootsiescomputers.com/retro-computers/amiga-1000-case-respray/

 

[MadMaxGR]

I resprayed a couple of Amiga 1000 cases because retr0bright didn't do the job well enough. I found Kolorbond which seems to be for uPVC window frames but worked really well on the ABS Amiga cases. I was really pleased with the result.

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More pictures and details on my blog at http://bootsiescomputers.com/retro-computers/amiga-1000-case-respray/

I think you got the color exactly as the original. Good job. How much time now since you did the paint job? Does it last?

 

[bootsie]

Painting ,restoring an Amiga 500 case

Yes, colour match is almost perfect. Been on for 2 months now and looks the same. Paint is UV resistant and supposedly guaranteed for 15 years on uPVC windows so should be fine on an Amiga!