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Someone actually made a RetroBright product, I guess it was inevitable

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reallyrandy
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May 27, 2024 - #1
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mac27
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May 27, 2024 - #2
Yeah, this stuff has been around for a while (there are reviews on the Amazon listing going back to at least 2021). Seems to be effective based on what many of them say.

Trash80toG4
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May 27, 2024 - #3
Nice, I'll have to try to brighten up one of my Macs . . . after over two decades of collecting. :rolleyes:

reallyrandy
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May 27, 2024 - #4
I've had fantastic results from plain old peroxide and water at a tenth of the price. It kinda seems like preying on folks who don't know that... like many other products.

Trash80toG4
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May 28, 2024 - #5
No doubt there, good results have been achieved with all kinds of crazy concoctions/methods . . . given enough experimentation.
No fuss/no muss has a quality all its own. ;)

Hopefully this is the original formulation? It's branded with the trademarked name. ISTR RetroBrite was originally developed by materials science types with plastics expertise?

Byte Knight
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May 29, 2024 - #6
Yes, Retro-Brite has been around for quite a while. It used to come in a plastic can that you would brush on. I got some of the new stuff and dumped it in the old can and brushed it on as I'm a little skeptical that the spray would give a uniform result. Brushing works great if you put on frequent coats perpendicular to the previous coat in order to avoid streaking. One day in the sun and you've got a new-looking computer - it's my goto retrobriting method!

ClassicHasClass
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May 29, 2024 - #7
You could probably spread it with wiping pads or shop cloths too, couldn't you?

Byte Knight
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Jun 2, 2024 - #8
>> ClassicHasClass said:
You could probably spread it with wiping pads or shop cloths too, couldn't you? Click to expand...
Probably, but it would be more difficult to get a uniform coat that way.

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