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I don't firmly believe there's an objectively "Right" way to retorbright. There's a lot of different formulas out there with different amounts of success documented. It's up to us to document them and formulate a more scientific process rather than arguing which method is the best. As stated...

Yeah, I never tried it again for that reason. Best just to put aside a weekend where I can check it every hour to reapply cream for a 12 hour session.

I did recap my Mac IIsi not too long ago and it worked fine, since i made my post I fixed the vertical sync issue by reflowing the analog board. As far as the CC goes it was completely dead before I recapped the motherboard, but it wouldn't be a terrible idea to double check my work.

Hiya folks, I recently made a very luck acquisition of a Color Classic in mint shape with the only downside being some leaky caps on the motherboard. After recapping the board I made the unfortunate discovery that there was more problems to tackle than just that. As I don't have much...

Alright, I'll defenitly give it a try then. My Mac Plus is in need of some retrobright to even out the coloring due to stickers. I'll try it soon-ish and post my results as well. (also with my Apple Keyboard II which is also in need of retrobright)

I gave it a shot today with my faceplate. I checked on it every 2 hours or so but the peroxide seemed to be drying out to a point I wasn't comfortable with. Maybe I didn't seal it good or apply enough, but for the rest of the project I'm going to stick to painting the cream on every hour. I...

Coming along GREAT so far! Tomorrow I'm doing the back casing and if all goes well that should be all the footage I need. (I color matched my finished faceplate to my complete-in-box wall modem which hasn't yellowed it and the match is perfect!)

I'll give it a try with my SE face plate for the video, I plan on doing it tomorrow since I just took it fully apart.

I personally never tried using plastic wrap with LED lights, mainly because I've had bad experiences with plastic wrap and sunlight. Never considered it, but I might give it a shot next time!

Likewise Generally though I discourage the use of plastic wrap or just "setting it and forgetting it". I believe for the best results it's best to constantly monitor the plastic, but not everyone can do that. That's why I paint the cream on every hour and leave it exposed in my UV box, but...

Howdy everyone! I *finally* finished pre-production for the most part and started filming the documentary I promised on my retrobrighting procedure. I'll try my best to have it out by the end of the month. In the meantime, I treated the reset/interrupt switch to give a demo of the contrast...

The issue has been resolved for the most part! I boiled the issue down to the soft power circuit with some help from CJ in the Vintage Apple discord server. I redid my recapping job on that board and it fixed it (mostly). Unforutnatly it *still* will just power off but I can get the machine...

Yeah I recapped the daughter board. I found to be what looked like two solder joints that were touching on the bottom of the PCB so I'm trying that right now. :)

Hi friends, I recently preformed my first successful recap of a Macintosh IIsi and it's Sony power-supply. Unfortunately for me, shortly after my victory I heard a "switch" and the system turned off and I can no longer get the machine to stay on for more than a few seconds. I'm new to this...

I never got around to it. Lot of IRL stuff happened around the time I made that post, but I hope to *eventually* get to it! :)

It's pretty simple really, I just took a plastic tub from the store and lined it completely with a mix of reflective thermal tape and tinfoil then after that I made a grid pattern with the UV strips. It may just look like it from the lighting but it isn't covered with plastic on the outside. As...

I've had EXCELLENT luck with the peroxide 40vil cream but I do realize that conditions need to be near perfect for that luck. I constructed a UV box with some thermal insulating tape and foil to place over the plastic pieces during treatment, outdoors isn't ideal for me because I have little...

@JDW I hope this is will meet your needs! :)

Yeah I can take some better photos of the chips in a few hours.

From my dual drive SE FDHD