Retr0bright... In a can?

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Retr0bright... In a can?

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Very interesting.
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You mean that bottled stuff so you don't have to go screwing around with various recipes and tracking down the junk to make retrobrite right?

It works, seen the recommendation many times before, but I always forget the name of the junk and where to get it, so I bookmarked that video. It works, just need a good UV light or an area/time of year where you have moderate/high uv outside and you're set.

I'm thinking of getting a bottle when it warms up again and the UV is up and trying it on my Japanese gameboy games that have yellowed/greened due to their smoking habits back in the decade and other types of exposure.
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I gotta be honest... One of the biggest reasons I haven yet to try Retr0bright is because I'm too lazy to gather all the ingredients and make it. If I can buy it in a bottle, so to speak, I'd be much more likely to give it a go.
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Ziggy587 wrote:I gotta be honest... One of the biggest reasons I haven yet to try Retr0bright is because I'm too lazy to gather all the ingredients and make it. If I can buy it in a bottle, so to speak, I'd be much more likely to give it a go.
Exactly it's why I said it too. I don't want to track all that garbage down. The last time I started digging it looked like I'd have to go to a specialty store for an item or two if I didn't order online, then another trip to whole foods for one or two items, and then the common junk walgreens or grocery stores would have. The price, time, gas involved I lost total interest. The mixing I wouldn't care about but the rest I did. When I saw the video you had there, same stuff I've seen mentioned before proof(potency) wise but different makers and usually it would show them squirt it out, use a meat brush for bbq sauce while wearing gloves, working into tigher areas with a toothpick or q-tip, and most were people who would invest in an UV light box or just the light, a few did outside in the hotter/uv intensive months and it worked within an hour or few (outside.)

That's why I said one of these days I'll go buy a bottle, then I'll fix those stanked out Japanese games I have, always their region with the nicotine damage. It's gross.
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I happen to know a few people with a beauticians license, so they can shop in some stores that require said license. Next time it's convenient, I'll tag along. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to find a similar product in one of these stores.
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Good call maybe a better deal too.
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He put out a new video, trying some new stuff.



I don't have the time to post my thoughts right now, but I wanted to post the link so I don't forget.
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