For anybody watching in 2023, this is a common practice in the video games collectors space and it's referred to as Retr0Brighting. It's normally used for console shells, controller shells, plastic cartridges, etc. There are various recipes to create a fast acting gel which negates the need to submerge them completely, usually using a 12-15% HP solution, but an interesting revelation is that you may no longer need to submerge or apply gel directly to the plastics. It's been found that pouring a small amount of HP into a container, then placing items on a platform within the container (keeping them out of the liquid), sealing it and then placing it in direct sunlight can work very effectively. The sunlight evaporates the HP and the gas trapped in the container does the work. It might help with issues like streaking or patching where the effect is inconsistent on the same piece. Just thought people might like to know.
This is amazing!!!! I had a few Playmobil elements that had turned yellowish and made them sparkling white again by doing your technique! It literally only took one day. I do have to say that I'm in Southern California and that it's the beginning of June, so plenty of strong sunlight. Thank you so much for this!!!
You're simply a genius mate!!! I was just looking for a tutorial to de-yellow something like 30 star wars figures and I've tried almost everything before... Thank you very much!!!
I tried this technique on a pdp hard torso snowtrooper, had him in direct sunlight for 3 hours and the results was amazing. He pure white now. Thanks for posting 😀👍
a UV light will give you better results and more controll. The sunshine method is ok too, Just a lot of variables.Also, when the red colour washes out on the insignias, you can wipe it off completelywith nail varnish remover or acetone. Then just bob down to your local print shop and (using WATER SLIDE PAPER found on ebay) have decals made to replace them. Just like models, soak and slide and the tiny symbols are even better than factory! (there are videos here MAKING WATER SLIDE DECALS and APPLYING WATER SLIDE DECALS).....just make sure the print shop has a LASER printer and use HI-DEF images for the printer to go off of.
R.Layne Paris The UV light is a good idea. But I try and do all my fixes the cheapest way possible and those lights are expensive. Check out my other videos on how to make replacement decals.
Big big thanks! been working through my figures since watching this. Amazed at the results so far. Although the lady in boots did give me a funny look when I asked for five bottles
Your videos are ace mate. Your restorations and reviews so well detailed. in your vides your always calm and talk normally unlike that guy on Retroblasting that guy has serious issues never seen anyone get so angry and agitated over toys.
Thanks for posting this - I've just restored a Mego Sir Lancelot figures armour using with this technique. It worked brilliantly, it's gone from a nasty nicotine yellow to lovely & white. Thanks very much!
Many thanks for this advice. It's taken me just over 24 hours to de-yellow an old stinking vintage Stormtrooper with 6% Hydrogen Peroxide. His torso has become ice white but due to the different composite plastic his arms and legs look a greyish stone white in comparison. Great stuff and keep up the excellent videos!
Simon Worley You get varying results with stormtroopers. Every one I have is made from slightly different plastic and they each seem to react slightly differently.
Awesome buddy I'm a GI JOE guy and in the 80s they released a lot of snow white guys so this is a great help...for you Storm Shadow fans apparently you put blu tak on the Cobra symbol then soak them in peroxide
For the de-yellowing I use hydrogen peroxide in cream 40 vol, just put the cream in the figures and then wrap them in plastic food wrap film, put it under a UV lamp for 3 or more hours, the de-yellowing is amazing.
Place a drop of hot glue ... On th red decall sticker ...Maybe over a little scoth tape then a bead of glue b4 they they take a Sun Bleah tub...Remove after ....Worth a try...Awesome Collection.
If it's nicotine stains, I found that a little bleach spray will usually take the yellow off instantly. If it's yellowed due to the bromide in the plastics, then the peroxide treatment works best in my experience. Regardless of which method you use, there's always the associated risk of damaging the figure.
I leave some of my stormtroopers with yellowing for Tatooine dioramas, they lend themselves perfectly .I'm not saying keep them all dirty, just a few.Ive been collecting loose star wars toys since 1978.Only recently got a computer and am already addicted to Toy Polloi and retro-Blasting.Cant wait to try this cleaning method.
Hi Roger, I have to say I don't de yellow all my troopers anymore. I have so many and I quite like the variety of them. But it's useful to know you can. Glad you are enjoying my videos. You've got lots to catch up on!
Hi mate , Its fantastic to see people restoring old toys,you wouldn't believe the rows I've had with collectors about cleaning and repairing star wars and other vintage pieces.I will always be obsessed with star wars and action force,at the end of the day its not worth suffering over . Action force was one of my favourite things in my youth and like star wars i have thousands of them ,too many really .The idea was to create massive dioramas but with room limitations it never really happened. My family believe my collecting habits have gone a bit to far, but its farely easy to store ..Im not afraid to use a bit of paint touching up old figures myself ,the criticism i received from some of my old star wars friends was unbelievable. Its the noses i find the problem. Keep the videos coming i absolutely brill .
There is no right or wrong way to collect no matter what people say. As long as you enjoy it, then that's all that matters. I get a fair amount of flak, mainly from SW collectors, about what I do and what I show people. Not everyone wants perfect toys, and i'm just pleased I can help give people on ideas of how to repair their childhood collections. Keep on enjoying them.
Nice ot know 6% can work. I'm lucky my originals stayed pretty white. I've kept them in the Star wArs action figure cases. My friend's are very yellow though.
I have found this technique also works beautifully on POTF2 and other figures. Best use for this technique is yellowed stormtroopers. Paint usually fades or changes color if left in peroxide for more than a day, especially shades of red and brown. It has no effect on black, white, or gray paint. Also, 3% hydrogen peroxide works just as well as the 5% solution.
boss is it safe for figure material PVC, Abs? and will it affect the figure in the feature for using this method? please kindly answer I'll be looking forward for it thank youuu
This looks great, however... I'm a modern action figure collector, like Clone wars, Vintage collection, etc... Would this work on that kind of figures? And wouldn't paint details be ruined?
Hi Dave. Glad you’ve brought this approach to my attention. I’ve used a 12% HP gel on figures following your video here, to great effect (keeps the bleaching focused to the effected areas). Just wondering if you think the use of HP (gel format) could be used to de-yellow the bubble of carded figures (I’d cover the card to protect it from the sun) and not affect the figure or damage the bubble further. Thanks in advance and keep up the great videos 👍🏻 cheers
I found that you can also use OxiClean (Sodium Percarbonate detergent) mixed with water. The rest of the process is the same: put your toys in a sealed container under bright sunlight.
as this is a relatively recent method of de-yellowing figures, not many people commented on the effects after years from the treatment. I can say that it works great, but after about 2 years my figures went back to the original yellow. Two years is still a lot of time and this is great for display purposes, but I know that many collectors think about long-term storage and their (our) brains think in the order of decades, so they might want to know: this is not a permanent solution.
Excellent video. I wonder if you could de-yellow bubbles on MOC figures the same way? Not leaving it in the sun, maybe, but wiping it with hydrogen peroxide. And what percentage?
Hello! I'm using your method (we only have 3% H2o2) - letting them sit at least 48hrs (up to a week without sun) then scrubbing with toothbrush, warm, soapy water and then letting them dry. After dry, I'm using armor all protectant to make them nice and shiny, also protecting the plastic from getting sticky over time...finally, storing in proper storage bags for collectables. I do have a few related questions, however; first, how do you clean the removable cloth clothes? How do you clean figures that you cannot remove the cloth clothes from? Finally, how do you clean droids with stickers like R2D2? Thanks for your inspiring video! I've been putting this off for years!
Wash the clothes with hot soapy water, rinse well and dry. Toothbrush and hot soapy water for r2, but avoid the sticker. Same with the clothed figures.
Sadly this method is only temporary. The yellowing can and often does come back. I’ve several figures that were minty white after restoring with hydrogen peroxide re-yellow after 2 years. They have been kept in a cool dry basement on a shelf without contact with other plastics or contaminants. The temperature is a contant 70 degrees farenheit with less than 20 percent humidity. I’ve tried re-doing this process multiple times but unfortunately does not work on the plastic any longer. It seems to have a permanent yellow tint that peroxide and UV cannot reverse. I’ve tried scrubbing with a magic eraser and 3000 grit sandpaper and there is no change as the plastic is compketely yellowed under the surface layer. So enjoy the white minty look at first brcause it is only temporary and a few years later it returns only this time you won’t be able to undo it.
That's crazy isn't it the sunlight and the type of plastic that makes them go yellow? Kool chemical reactions to make them white again using the same source that made them yellow!
How long does the Hydrogen peroxide last? Can you for example put something in it, remove it when it's de-yellowed, then put something else in it? Or do you need to use fresh Hydrogen peroxide every time you plan to de-yellow something?
@@toypolloi Hello, I was watching this video of yours on de-yellowing figures and I have a question about that. Sometimes a toy card bubble will become yellow and look a bit ugly when you are showing off the toy. If I remove a yellowed bubble, flipped it upside down and poured hydrogen peroxide up to the brim, could I remove the yellowing without damaging the bubble? I'm asking because it is thin plastic compared with toy figures.
But is it necessary to fill up the whole jar with Hydrogen Peroxide when you only want to remove specific yellowing from specific parts though since Hydrogen Peroxide does bleach figures if they were overused?
I utilize a product called "Salon Care 40" with a black light on my vintage vehicle restorations and it works very well. I don't normally collect vintage action figures, but wonder if they'll work just as well on them. A 946 mL bottle sells for just under $5 USD and goes on forever it seems. Have you ever tried this product Dave?
I have a massive LAAT gunship toy that has been yellowed out severely, i am willing to sacrifice a couple of stickers, but will it remove paint? Please help!
Can you just cost the areas that need it with a brush then leave in a jar instead of using an entire bottle of hydrogen peroxide? Or it only works if you drown the figures?
How to fix discolored plastic? From nicotine and petrol stove air and possible sun damage. I have Bucky O'Hare figures with weapons which are discolored
How would this work an original release Tatooine Luke? Mine has a telescoping saber. The arms and lower waist have yellowed. I’m afraid that the paint will come off his hands and legs. Do you think that might happen?
how it is named that proces when you paint something (for example a figure) with a cheap red marker for disks and the area that is not painted turns in a redish white after a while?cause I really dont know.Thanks
Thank you Sir. One question: does this process ruin metal parts? I own a yellow Mego Micronaut Force Commander to work on, I just wonder if I have to disassembly it before starting.
I love you work. Not a criticism at all, but can I ask why you choose “de-yellowing” rather than repainting? Wouldn’t repainting white figures like Stormtroopers give a much better result?
These figures were not painted in the first place, just bare plastic. Putting paint all over the figure just looks wrong and makes them much more liable to chip. Do what suits you best. I prefer them this way.
Toy Polloi I see. Good point. I like your bleaching methods. But as you point out it rarely results in getting them perfect. Whereas paint would? There are pros and cons to both methods I guess. Keep up the good work :)
Does it need to be a transparent bottle for this to become effective? Because I have a figure that couldn’t be fit on any available transparent Bottles.
It should do. It works best with the harder plastic used in the bodies of SW figures. I have used this on 3 3/4 inch mego's and it works just fine. Cheers
Hi there, I did this procedure with my action figures and I have to say it works perfectly (just 4 hours for a wampa and no more than 2 for stormtrooper, Leia hoth, rebel command and luke hoth) * except Leia the brown colour turns into yellow (it was a very sunny day in Madrid). But I have question...do you think this procedure will work on a Taun taun?? thank you.
Hmm, I did not know they sold 6% H2O2 for first aid product in the U.S. it is 3% and 20% or more H2O2 is fairly dangerous burning and scarring the flesh white.
Worked great on the stormtroopers hard plastic bodies, but for some reason several of my figures have a pinkish tint on their arms & legs. Its not pen or paint, their limbs turned pinkish instead of yellow. How do I get rid of that.
For anybody watching in 2023, this is a common practice in the video games collectors space and it's referred to as Retr0Brighting. It's normally used for console shells, controller shells, plastic cartridges, etc. There are various recipes to create a fast acting gel which negates the need to submerge them completely, usually using a 12-15% HP solution, but an interesting revelation is that you may no longer need to submerge or apply gel directly to the plastics. It's been found that pouring a small amount of HP into a container, then placing items on a platform within the container (keeping them out of the liquid), sealing it and then placing it in direct sunlight can work very effectively. The sunlight evaporates the HP and the gas trapped in the container does the work. It might help with issues like streaking or patching where the effect is inconsistent on the same piece. Just thought people might like to know.
hello, will it be any negative effects on action figures that have colored parts?
Brilliant. As a budget vintage collector, this is new to me, so thank you.
I appreciate how your videos are super informative and yet you have no need to be a comedian. Thank you. It’s refreshing
This is amazing!!!! I had a few Playmobil elements that had turned yellowish and made them sparkling white again by doing your technique! It literally only took one day. I do have to say that I'm in Southern California and that it's the beginning of June, so plenty of strong sunlight. Thank you so much for this!!!
👍👍👍
You're simply a genius mate!!! I was just looking for a tutorial to de-yellow something like 30 star wars figures and I've tried almost everything before... Thank you very much!!!
Did it work?
Yes for about a year it will work then it will look worse then before you did it
I tried this technique on a pdp hard torso snowtrooper, had him in direct sunlight for 3 hours and the results was amazing.
He pure white now. Thanks for posting 😀👍
Is the figure still white?
@@DragonRoyZ yes still white even now
a UV light will give you better results and more controll. The sunshine method is ok too, Just a lot of variables.Also, when the red colour washes out on the insignias, you can wipe it off completelywith nail varnish remover or acetone. Then just bob down to your local print shop and (using WATER SLIDE PAPER found on ebay) have decals made to replace them. Just like models, soak and slide and the tiny symbols are even better than factory! (there are videos here MAKING WATER SLIDE DECALS and APPLYING WATER SLIDE DECALS).....just make sure the print shop has a LASER printer and use HI-DEF images for the printer to go off of.
R.Layne Paris The UV light is a good idea. But I try and do all my fixes the cheapest way possible and those lights are expensive. Check out my other videos on how to make replacement decals.
Big big thanks! been working through my figures since watching this. Amazed at the results so far. Although the lady in boots did give me a funny look when I asked for five bottles
bingobongo33 How did you know she was in boots, did she step
out from behind the counter? Ba-dum-tish!
Your videos are ace mate. Your restorations and reviews so well detailed. in your vides your always calm and talk normally unlike that guy on Retroblasting that guy has serious issues never seen anyone get so angry and agitated over toys.
+Supernatural Rules Thanks.
Thanks for posting this - I've just restored a Mego Sir Lancelot figures armour using with this technique. It worked brilliantly, it's gone from a nasty nicotine yellow to lovely & white. Thanks very much!
Many thanks for this advice. It's taken me just over 24 hours to de-yellow an old stinking vintage Stormtrooper with 6% Hydrogen Peroxide. His torso has become ice white but due to the different composite plastic his arms and legs look a greyish stone white in comparison. Great stuff and keep up the excellent videos!
Simon Worley You get varying results with stormtroopers. Every one I have is made from slightly different plastic and they each seem to react slightly differently.
Simon Worley ...In the movie, Snowtrooper sleeves and pants were a more grayish white than the armor and helmet anyway. So it's all good!
Yep
Thank you so much for this tip as I have just got back into collecting my childhood figures and quite a lot are yellow so I will give this tip a go
Awesome buddy I'm a GI JOE guy and in the 80s they released a lot of snow white guys so this is a great help...for you Storm Shadow fans apparently you put blu tak on the Cobra symbol then soak them in peroxide
Thank you very much!! Very informative and no ads!
For the de-yellowing I use hydrogen peroxide in cream 40 vol, just put the cream in the figures and then wrap them in plastic food wrap film, put it under a UV lamp for 3 or more hours, the de-yellowing is amazing.
I do the same and it works amazingly well and Much quicker. Gotta be careful with paint tho
Possibly silly question Dave: Can you re-use the Hydrogen Peroxide after a treatment, or do you have to dispose of it?
Superior composition shot: before/after. Efficient use of viewer's time. Awesome video!
Thanks so much! Appreciated.
Place a drop of hot glue ... On th red decall sticker ...Maybe over a little scoth tape then a bead of glue b4 they they take a Sun Bleah tub...Remove after ....Worth a try...Awesome Collection.
I love your videos.
The go to channel for all things toys.
Thanks 👍
If it's nicotine stains, I found that a little bleach spray will usually take the yellow off instantly. If it's yellowed due to the bromide in the plastics, then the peroxide treatment works best in my experience. Regardless of which method you use, there's always the associated risk of damaging the figure.
Would this work on something like a Vintage Snow Speeder? (Obviously would need a larger container)
Like the advice. Rubbing alcohol wipes work instantly and evaporate quickly.
I guess I am glad I live in Vegas... I should be able to clean mine up in no time
Excellent video, I'm gonna try it. Does a HOT sunny day affect the hydrogen peroxide? I live in Southern California where it's always sunny but HOT!!!
It's not about heat, but light. You can get similar results inside the house with a strong, fluorescent, ultraviolet lamp.
Thanks! I really needed this, I'll be back in a week to say if it helped!
Still waiting.
I leave some of my stormtroopers with yellowing for Tatooine dioramas, they lend themselves perfectly .I'm not saying keep them all dirty, just a few.Ive been collecting loose star wars toys since 1978.Only recently got a computer and am already addicted to Toy Polloi and retro-Blasting.Cant wait to try this cleaning method.
Hi Roger, I have to say I don't de yellow all my troopers anymore. I have so many and I quite like the variety of them. But it's useful to know you can. Glad you are enjoying my videos. You've got lots to catch up on!
Hi mate , Its fantastic to see people restoring old toys,you wouldn't believe the rows I've had with collectors about cleaning and repairing star wars and other vintage pieces.I will always be obsessed with star wars and action force,at the end of the day its not worth suffering over . Action force was one of my favourite things in my youth and like star wars i have thousands of them ,too many really .The idea was to create massive dioramas but with room limitations it never really happened. My family believe my collecting habits have gone a bit to far, but its farely easy to store ..Im not afraid to use a bit of paint touching up old figures myself ,the criticism i received from some of my old star wars friends was unbelievable. Its the noses i find the problem. Keep the videos coming i absolutely brill .
There is no right or wrong way to collect no matter what people say. As long as you enjoy it, then that's all that matters. I get a fair amount of flak, mainly from SW collectors, about what I do and what I show people. Not everyone wants perfect toys, and i'm just pleased I can help give people on ideas of how to repair their childhood collections. Keep on enjoying them.
Absolutely.
Nice ot know 6% can work. I'm lucky my originals stayed pretty white. I've kept them in the Star wArs action figure cases. My friend's are very yellow though.
To stop loss of the red on the helmet you could carefully paint wax or latex over the design maybe?
I have found this technique also works beautifully on POTF2 and other figures. Best use for this technique is yellowed stormtroopers.
Paint usually fades or changes color if left in peroxide for more than a day, especially shades of red and brown. It has no effect on black, white, or gray paint.
Also, 3% hydrogen peroxide works just as well as the 5% solution.
Mmmm, pickled Imperials. Great picnic item.
boss is it safe for figure material PVC, Abs? and will it affect the figure in the feature for using this method? please kindly answer I'll be looking forward for it thank youuu
if i ever met you i would shake your hand you are doing a great job may the force be with you always
Wow, thanks
Does this remove the paint deco/tampo too? I have some yellowing on my transformers, but some some parts have like painted tampos/deco on it.
It can do. Do tests first.
This looks great, however... I'm a modern action figure collector, like Clone wars, Vintage collection, etc... Would this work on that kind of figures? And wouldn't paint details be ruined?
Hi Dave. Glad you’ve brought this approach to my attention. I’ve used a 12% HP gel on figures following your video here, to great effect (keeps the bleaching focused to the effected areas). Just wondering if you think the use of HP (gel format) could be used to de-yellow the bubble of carded figures (I’d cover the card to protect it from the sun) and not affect the figure or damage the bubble further. Thanks in advance and keep up the great videos 👍🏻 cheers
Excellent video, can you please do a video or advise on how to resolve discoloration of vintage AT AT's. Thanks
Thanks for sharing this, I will have to try this. I subbed. :)
Oh look,@3:56 a snow trooper and AT-AT drivers in a "Bacta-Tank"
Ba-dum (*cymbal crash*)
navyman4 nice one
I found that you can also use OxiClean (Sodium Percarbonate detergent) mixed with water. The rest of the process is the same: put your toys in a sealed container under bright sunlight.
Great video! Now, I know how to de- yellow my Luke Stormtrooper! Thank you for the advice.
as this is a relatively recent method of de-yellowing figures, not many people commented on the effects after years from the treatment. I can say that it works great, but after about 2 years my figures went back to the original yellow. Two years is still a lot of time and this is great for display purposes, but I know that many collectors think about long-term storage and their (our) brains think in the order of decades, so they might want to know: this is not a permanent solution.
Great video.
Very Nice. Thank you. How about de yellowing an imperial shuttle?
Thank you very much
I live in Cumbria so sadly get no sun just had over 65 days of rain.and floods.but thanks 4 the heads up.
Hope the rain stops soon for you all. We had similar here in Somerset a few years back.
just got a load of vintage star wars toy 4 Christmas.
Nice.
+Wally Thornton Surround the recipe by aluminium foil and put a light upon the recipe.
Excellent video. I wonder if you could de-yellow bubbles on MOC figures the same way? Not leaving it in the sun, maybe, but wiping it with hydrogen peroxide. And what percentage?
Hello! I'm using your method (we only have 3% H2o2) - letting them sit at least 48hrs (up to a week without sun) then scrubbing with toothbrush, warm, soapy water and then letting them dry. After dry, I'm using armor all protectant to make them nice and shiny, also protecting the plastic from getting sticky over time...finally, storing in proper storage bags for collectables. I do have a few related questions, however; first, how do you clean the removable cloth clothes? How do you clean figures that you cannot remove the cloth clothes from? Finally, how do you clean droids with stickers like R2D2? Thanks for your inspiring video! I've been putting this off for years!
Wash the clothes with hot soapy water, rinse well and dry. Toothbrush and hot soapy water for r2, but avoid the sticker. Same with the clothed figures.
Sadly this method is only temporary. The yellowing can and often does come back. I’ve several figures that were minty white after restoring with hydrogen peroxide re-yellow after 2 years. They have been kept in a cool dry basement on a shelf without contact with other plastics or contaminants. The temperature is a contant 70 degrees farenheit with less than 20 percent humidity. I’ve tried re-doing this process multiple times but unfortunately does not work on the plastic any longer. It seems to have a permanent yellow tint that peroxide and UV cannot reverse. I’ve tried scrubbing with a magic eraser and 3000 grit sandpaper and there is no change as the plastic is compketely yellowed under the surface layer. So enjoy the white minty look at first brcause it is only temporary and a few years later it returns only this time you won’t be able to undo it.
Nice ... never actually tried this...
I have some of the newer biker scouts that need fixing
That's crazy isn't it the sunlight and the type of plastic that makes them go yellow? Kool chemical reactions to make them white again using the same source that made them yellow!
They came out very well!
How long does the Hydrogen peroxide last? Can you for example put something in it, remove it when it's de-yellowed, then put something else in it? Or do you need to use fresh Hydrogen peroxide every time you plan to de-yellow something?
You can use it multiple times. Just store it in a sealed container away from the light.
Fascinating how one of the most effective methods is the cheapest.
Great video. But...do you know if this same technique would also work on modern figures?
TheCommander35 Should work just as well on modern figures. Give it a go.
@@toypolloi Hello, I was watching this video of yours on de-yellowing figures and I have a question about that. Sometimes a toy card bubble will become yellow and look a bit ugly when you are showing off the toy. If I remove a yellowed bubble, flipped it upside down and poured hydrogen peroxide up to the brim, could I remove the yellowing without damaging the bubble? I'm asking because it is thin plastic compared with toy figures.
Will your bleaching method also work on discolored Ewoks?
Hmm, I wonder if this would work on a vintage Wampa. I'm looking to buy one off ebay and they all seem to be yellow.
My wampa was seriously yellowed but after three days it looked good as new.
Thanks for sharing this, I will have to try this. I subbed.
Welcome onboard!
Can I do this for the clone ars clone trooper figures that have paint and yellowing
Does this work on new(er) stuff, I've got a ton of clone troopers that are maybe 10 years old that have gotten pretty yellowed
Thank you, Toypolloi
hi great tips thanx, does it work for yellowing packages?
Nice tip thanks for sharing
But is it necessary to fill up the whole jar with Hydrogen Peroxide when you only want to remove specific yellowing from specific parts though since Hydrogen Peroxide does bleach figures if they were overused?
Any ideas on how i will do this, on a Kenner Legends Of Batman silver Batmobile.?
Thanks ToyPolloi
Will this work on the Neca cloacked predators?
They are made from fully transparent plastic.
No idea. You'll have to run some tests. Cheers
I utilize a product called "Salon Care 40" with a black light on my vintage vehicle restorations and it works very well. I don't normally collect vintage action figures, but wonder if they'll work just as well on them. A 946 mL bottle sells for just under $5 USD and goes on forever it seems. Have you ever tried this product Dave?
+MrStr8leg I use something similar on the larger ships.
I have a massive LAAT gunship toy that has been yellowed out severely, i am willing to sacrifice a couple of stickers, but will it remove paint? Please help!
It is safe for a Luke farmer? /yellow hair
Can you just cost the areas that need it with a brush then leave in a jar instead of using an entire bottle of hydrogen peroxide? Or it only works if you drown the figures?
How to fix discolored plastic? From nicotine and petrol stove air and possible sun damage. I have Bucky O'Hare figures with weapons which are discolored
Hello. Will doing this damage the painted parts?
Hi there Great channel. Do you know how to remove/repair limbs of a Wampa for cleaning?
ua-cam.com/video/T-kmB0F9tJQ/v-deo.html
Is there any other method of deyellowing figures without damaging the paint?
How would this work an original release Tatooine Luke? Mine has a telescoping saber. The arms and lower waist have yellowed. I’m afraid that the paint will come off his hands and legs. Do you think that might happen?
how it is named that proces when you paint something (for example a figure) with a cheap red marker for disks and the area that is not painted turns in a redish white after a while?cause I really dont know.Thanks
Thank you for sharing this! Does this impact the articulation of the figures?
No, not at all.
Thank you Sir. One question: does this process ruin metal parts? I own a yellow Mego Micronaut Force Commander to work on, I just wonder if I have to disassembly it before starting.
I've never tried.
I love you work. Not a criticism at all, but can I ask why you choose “de-yellowing” rather than repainting? Wouldn’t repainting white figures like Stormtroopers give a much better result?
These figures were not painted in the first place, just bare plastic. Putting paint all over the figure just looks wrong and makes them much more liable to chip. Do what suits you best. I prefer them this way.
Toy Polloi I see. Good point. I like your bleaching methods. But as you point out it rarely results in getting them perfect. Whereas paint would? There are pros and cons to both methods I guess. Keep up the good work :)
Does it need to be a transparent bottle for this to become effective? Because I have a figure that couldn’t be fit on any available transparent
Bottles.
Thanks for the tip! Gonna try this out when the weather gets better! Would this work on gi joe figures? Or is it a different plastic?
It should do. It works best with the harder plastic used in the bodies of SW figures. I have used this on 3 3/4 inch mego's and it works just fine. Cheers
I wonder if this works with the 2002 Skeletor. His chest on one side has really changed badly. :(
Will this help with getting rid of mildew or cigarette smell? Thanks!
Wash them in hot soapy water for that.
Can you do it to a yak face ?
I wonder if this works with a UV light.
Great video
Hi there, I did this procedure with my action figures and I have to say it works perfectly (just 4 hours for a wampa and no more than 2 for stormtrooper, Leia hoth, rebel command and luke hoth) * except Leia the brown colour turns into yellow (it was a very sunny day in Madrid). But I have question...do you think this procedure will work on a Taun taun?? thank you.
It should work. I used the hydrogen peroxide cream on and old Taun Taun and it came out fine.
How would this apply to a vehicle? I have a Tie Fighter that could use some de-yellowing.
Does this work on yellowing on the flesh colored bits?? ie: the head, hands
Hi,will it work in a dark chamber with a Uv lamp?
Hmm, I did not know they sold 6% H2O2 for first aid product in the U.S. it is 3% and 20% or more H2O2 is fairly dangerous burning and scarring the flesh white.
Can it also work on colored plastics? I own the Zyuranger DaiZyujin and I noticed the yellow parts.
i have a few questions. will this work on a original gameboy and will i have to take out the screen?
Would this process work on vehicle toys like the Action Fleet Millenium Falcon?
It's worth a try. Do some tests.
What paint did you use? amazing work!!!
will this work for vint-MOTUs (Prince Adam in particular)?
Right thanks.
Great and practical fix it guide. One question!! What about the color black? Will that get bleached also??
I've not tried on black figures. Give it a go and see what happens.
Sorry, I may have interpreted my sentence wrong. I mean the black color on your Bike Scout figure. Did that bleach? :-)
It doesn't make any difference to the black on the biker scouts I have bleached. And I repaint the black anyway as these are very rough figures.
If I were to get a higher percent, more expensive solution, it would take less time, correct?
yes, it does work quicker.
do you think that orange paint will survive?
Hi is this process safe for the yellowing of clam shell casing?
Worked great on the stormtroopers hard plastic bodies, but for some reason several of my figures have a pinkish tint on their arms & legs. Its not pen or paint, their limbs turned pinkish instead of yellow. How do I get rid of that.
+Jason Burris I have a few with pink limbs as well. Not found anything that removes it so far. It's just the plastic degrading.