Author Topic: yellow stained DUO-R (Read 1567 times)

pixeljunkie · « **Reply #30 on:** July 01, 2005, 10:12:24 AM »

did you mask out the front at all?

Leroy · « **Reply #31 on:** July 01, 2005, 10:13:48 AM »

Quote from: "pixeljunkie"

did you mask out the front at all?

No sir. Just dipped it in and let nature do her work.

pixeljunkie · « **Reply #32 on:** July 01, 2005, 10:17:30 AM »

Didn't appear to mess up the front grey area either...interesting

Leroy · « **Reply #33 on:** July 01, 2005, 11:09:21 AM »

Yup yup. Going to try the actual Duo this weekend.

pixeljunkie · « **Reply #34 on:** July 01, 2005, 11:10:35 AM »

anxious to see the pics

Black Tiger · « **Reply #35 on:** July 01, 2005, 04:10:10 PM »

Quote from: "Leroy"

Scrubbed it with a bit of Comet Gel with Bleach then let it soak in undiluted bleach for about 16 hours (sleep+work). I still think I can get it cleaner but here are some VISUAL results.

Wow. What a difference. Even if it's not perfect its more than good enough for me. I'm going to pick up some materials and do my RX and old PCE pads.

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #36 on:** July 02, 2005, 03:20:29 AM »

No luck on my end.....

Liquid Clorox and Purex didn't do it.

Let's see when you speak of undiluted bleach, which ones are you referring to?

Leroy · « **Reply #37 on:** July 02, 2005, 07:33:41 AM »

I'm giving another pass on the Duo Pad. The edges were still pretty yellow. Some elbow grease with the gel seems to have cleaned it up a bit. I put the pieces in bleach again and stuck them on the patio in the sun with some taped-up pennies to hold them down in the bleach. I'll probably leave them in longer than last time to see if it sucks the remaining yellow out. I'm trying to find out if I can get CDRs to work in it so I don't know if I'll get to the actual Duo today.. I'm trying to find an old drive that can write at 1x, since the minimum mine writes at is 8x and I'm guessing that's what the problem is.

Anyways, if I can at least the get Duo as white as the controller have already gotten I'll be pretty content with that. Now I just need to get my girlfriend back to Japan so she can get me some Super CDs.

Ninja Spirit, undiluted bleach means straight bleach with no water added to it. I made a mistake in my first post in that I did add a VERY small amount of water to make sure the entire controllers were submerged (I ran out of bleach). Again, very small amount.

Leroy · « **Reply #38 on:** July 03, 2005, 08:09:50 AM »

I'm done with the Duo Pad.. here's the first and final pics for comparison. Not as much of a difference from the second pic but there's pretty much NO more yellow in it. Duo pics to follow after the extended weekend. Anybody else who tries this (or another method) it'd be great to have some more pics!

zborgerd · « **Reply #39 on:** July 03, 2005, 12:52:07 PM »

Looks much better. Yellowed PC Engine controllers are gross.

Keranu · « **Reply #40 on:** July 03, 2005, 01:56:12 PM »

Oh man that is excellent! I'll have to do this whenever I get any kind of white console that yellows.

Keranu · « **Reply #41 on:** July 03, 2005, 01:57:14 PM »

By the way, I was curious to know if that the stuff you bleach ends up smelling like bleach after you do it? Not that it would necessarily bother me.

Leroy · « **Reply #42 on:** July 04, 2005, 09:09:18 AM »

Here we go.. sorry for the low-quality pictures but they do their purpose.

Keranu · « **Reply #43 on:** July 04, 2005, 12:05:12 PM »

Beatiful. Looks brand new!

Ninja Spirit · « **Reply #44 on:** July 05, 2005, 03:04:20 AM »

*says yyyeeeeaahhhh Lil' Jon style*. Things are looking up on my end too.

I sat the Duo-R controller in some undiluted bleach before I went to bed last night.

Just checked it again now, and now I see signs that it's doing its job.

I saw little brown pieces of sediment settling at the bottom of the bowl. The residue from the yellowing shriveled and broke loose.

More likely it'll all be done by the time I leave school later on tonight. Can't wait to see it.