It definitely works for that too. First I was thinking I would use one of those ready machines for this but decided to do this. Great to hear you came up with new use for it. That's ingenuity
It must have been a nightmare to film with all that reflective tape, you did it like a champ! Very clever build and use of components👌 Thanks for sharing!🙏
I made my own off the back of this, awesome guide by the way. I used a single 360W power supply to power both the LEDs and the heater all at once, a much more elegant solution in my opinion, even if it does involve a big ugly steel box with a fan bolted to the side of the storage crate. I also wired up the aquarium pump that I saw down here in the comments, it circulates the hydrogen peroxide nicely and gets a more even temperature.
i made mine with tinfoil and clear packing tape...i didn't cut the light and have it looped all over...lit on the bottom instead of the lid...took me 5 minutes and it works like a charm
Ok this is the best invention I have seen. I used your first retro bright technique and worked wonders. Now I am wanting to try this process however I am not good at wiring etc. however this looks like it makes it a lot quicker for you. Very creative technique and I say patent this technique. Also I bet you can make a lot of money if you decide to create this and sell it. I would be first to buy it to be honest with you.
hey dude, I’m doing this build myself and the part you have linked as the controller board is actually just the case for it, which I realized after it arriving. The actual part ships faster than the case itself funnily enough so I’m cool on that part, but I wanted to let you know so you could fix it for anyone else who tries this build.
My first retrobrite "box" was a literal cardboard box with foil taped inside and a led strip bent around it, it did work but had to replace the foil once (I only retrobrited about 8 things) as the led strip wasn't exactly flat against the sides it came unstuck and stuck to the plastic items so when lifted tearing it. so far the only things that have reyellowed using that is a Nes and Snes controller which is probably not a coincidence. I then got a led floodlight and retrobrited a white saturn from nicotine white to looking brand new and rather than leaving it in at least a day it only took about 8 hours! I have now made a new box out of a large plastic container and due to it being easier to tape the foil and using a floodlight I expect great results.
I was about ask how you keep the LEDs from shorting out in the water, but then saw you put a separate container inside the bigger one and was like...That makes more sense. :P
The moisture build up on them would surely cause a short, not something I would leave unattended really, or touch accidentally by lifting out anything. Imo you can just buy waterproof led strips that would be better :)
I just came to comment on a sunbrighting video, and UA-cam's algorithm suggested this video. It isn't mentioned in the video, but I'm guessing it takes about a day or so for the retrobrighting process to finish? I just left an very yellowed computer's front plastic outside in direct sun light for 3 hot days, and it's almost back to it's default beige color, so I'll leave it for 3 more days to see how far it goes. For those who don't mind a longer waiting time and/or prefer a cheaper (free?) method, it's definitely an alternative. I don't promise it will remove 100% of the yellowing, but it does work and doesn't expose the plastic to chemicals.
I am in the middle of making one of these myself - so far so good! I am opting to buy a thermostat controller and plug-in heating element instead of doing all the wiring and programming required for the temp controller, but I'm really hopeful about getting my old consoles looking nice. One note: Hydrogen Peroxide is EXPENSIVE! I was planning to retrobright an old Mac Classic, but I'd have to spend at least $150 on enough H2O2 for its shell, so maybe not...
Hey heads up the link you have for the W1209 temperature control board is a listing for just the acrylic box. I was waiting a few weeks for mine to arrive and when it finally did I realized what I had paid for was just the case. x.x I found another listing with a set of two boards, so hopefully I'll recieve them soon so I can start building my own retrobright box!
I literally just made one of these myself earlier today, except that I put the LED tape on the outside facing in through the clear plastic container, then put foil around the outside of that so that I could use the container itself as the liquid holder. The biggest difference between what you made and I'm doing is I read that using a small amount of oxidizing catalyst (like that found in OxiClean) helps boost the process and can replace the need for additional heat. In addition, I have access to 15% Hydrogen Peroxide so I'm using that instead; it seems to go much faster, though only time will tell if this is as safe for the material.
@@Odd_Experiments That certainly makes sense. If I wasn't doing such large computer case pieces and didn't have access to several gallons of H2O2, then I'd probably be in the same boat. I love seeing different ways of tackling the same problem. Thanks for the video!
Build a box myself with just led strips and aluminiumfoil but this is gonna be a nice upgrade for my summer holiday 😂 building a uv box when there is enough outside 😂
So I bought everything on your list, but when I hooked up the heater it burnt up the U2 chip. Did you have any circuit from the heater to the thermostat l?
I'm getting some issues here too. When the relay is closed all is fine, but when the relay is opened (connecting k0 and k1) it keeps restarting. It's like a something is shorting. Any help on this?
Totally over the top build, I have being messing with retrobrighting for years. My set-up is a large container like yourself, but I put the LEDs horizontal and did not need any soldering, because of the large crate I just did them in a spiral then fed the leads out the top for PSU. I always use hydrogen peroxide high strength cream, works every time. A pain in the ass tho brushing it on every surface.
Hey there, Do you have any other options for the control board to swap another in? The link in the video does not have one attached to it anymore. Thanks for your time!
Hi odd experiments nice project I am interested building this box and will it help bring back the color of old Lego pieces and my old Nintendo and Super Nintendo back to the way it was and where did you get the black power box with the switch uses the box and what the size
Random question but can you reuse the hydrogen peroxide for multiple applications? I assume multiple batches on the same day but can the hydrogen peroxide be used days/weeks apart?
No. Hydrogen peroxide(h2o2) turns to water(h2o) after its extra oxgen atom oxidizes whatever you add to the solution. Hydrogen peroxide is just water with a extra oxygen atom and that's precisely why it's able to disinfect.
why did you used a different power source to power the heating controller? it consumes virtually nothing and the same psu that powers the led stripe would be enough
I'm not clear on something, I got almost everything to work but the heater. Do I need a 3rd 12v power supply to make it? I'm not quite understanding how that'd work. Can anyone guide me to a picture on how that would look? I can't really understand the diagram sadly.
This is a fantastic build! Very Impressive! Don't leave so much length on your tinned leads tho, you only needed like half of that. Clip em! Thanks for the content man, super cool!
Wouldn't it also be possible to use a rescue blanket instead of tape? It isolates and reflects really well and i would actually say that it would be more effective.
Hello exchellent work ❤ do you know how much watt will be the power supply from 220v to 12v only for the heater ? Because I bought small one for car as yours and write 150 W ! Thanks
@@manuman94 finally I finished it with some more upgrades for faster results !! The power supply must be over 12.5 amps for the heater and separated from the led lights witch I put another one with 5amps and works everything perfect !!🙏💪
I'm having an issue with a single 12v DC 5A power supply to power both. When I set it to heat, the relay clicks on and immediately off. Most likely, 5A is not enough.
In the previous one the leds heat the liquid more because they are closer so it has partially the same idea. This just has more flexibility and is a bit easier to use. Just make sure it heats up the liquid a little because very yellowed parts take a long time if there is no heat
The clear tape you use for the leds, you mentioned that you might want to use extra adhesive to keep them down. Would double sided clear tape be a good solution? that way no additional adhesive needed? The clear tape works for both keeping it from touching the aluminum and allow for extra adhesive for the light strips?
I have had really good results with just 2 big "100W" LED lamps overhead. No wiring. The plastics float at the top unless I put glass jars on them to pin them down.
Hydrogen prioxide is used to fill in the broken bonds with hydrogen it's supposed to make it more stable and to reverse yellowing, the UV lights break apart the bromine oxygen bonds.
@@Odd_Experiments How does the purity of the Hydrogyn peroxyde affects the process?, You use a 12% solution, the one used for desinfection is about 5%, would it be slower?
@@fairrodthecapacitor I watched a video yesterday of a Star Wars collector who was working on some vintage figures. He knew beforehand from experience that he'd lose certain prints and they definitely disappeared completely in the after shots. You'll want to be careful if there's anything you want to preserve. I come here from the doll customizing community and we use a similar method on dolls but in a paste for ink stains and always warn to only cover the stain because UV/sitting in the sun will remove the dolls face paint anywhere the paste sits. Another I watched on the topic of testing different light exposure methods used 1 piece of plastic with the unused testing spaces covered in blue masking tape and they did not improve while being covered despite at least 4 different exposures to the persons methods, while the uncovered pieces DID improve to varying degrees. If you can mask the space safely it's definitely worth it.
If you have enough current. Something like 5A probably won't be enough for all of that. Unless maybe you have just glass of hydrogen peroxide in there. But if you use a PC power supply I think it should work
Am I right in thinking that the hole you drilled in the box is for the LED lights? As there are 2 cables using the hole I guess the lid and base are wired separately? Does the heater wiring go through another hole? You didn't really show that bit.
I purchased almost everything you linked, but you didn't link what that black plastic box you put the switches into was, or what sort of bit you used for the drill on that plastic box.
Just leave it out preferably in sunlight and it will turn back into water. All hydrogen peroxide is, is water with an extra oxygen molecule. That extra oxygen molecule will eventually diminish and it will turn into regular water. then you can just pour it into your grass or down your sink.
For the heater, you cut the end off, stripped the wires and put into that bridge. After that, you put to leads out of the bridge into the back of the power adapter? If you weren't allowing for a bigger heater in the future, would you have wired the power adapter directly to the heater?
Yes, except one of the wires goes through the relay in the board like in the drawn picture so the board can control the heater. But yes I could have just soldered the wires instead of the bridge
Wanting to do this project but it seems the controller board w1209 you linked in the description only comes up as box only, so no board or anything, do you happen to have a link to the board itself?
Love the content! Question about Retrobrightening: does it work on consoles that are colored or only those that are white/transparent? I have a "purple" Gamecube that looks quite sad, could the Retrobrightening help restore the original color you think?
If I remember correctly he's done a retrobrighting of a colored semi-translucent N64. The best visual results come from white/gray/transparent plastics but it can still work well on plastics regardless of color.
If I wanted to use a 12V power supply to power both the LEDs and the W1209, what amperage would I need? The one I found online has two outputs, so I can dedicate one for the LEDs and one for the W1209 using the second wiring method mentioned. I just need to know the ideal amperage. Specs for the W1209 say it pulls 2A and the immersion heater I found is a 120W (so 10A?). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hello planning on making a retrobrighting box. I have a question for the power supply did you use three different power supplys or one? Please let me know, thank you very much.
This is an awesome invention, I am literally waiting for all the parts now to do this myself... I do have one question relating top the condensation.. did it ever cause an issue with shorting the LED's?
@Odd Experiments Are you sure the LEDs on the sides do anything? It seems to me that you could totally skip the LEDs on the side walls of the container, both in this version and in the previous one, where you put the LED strips on the outside... UV permeates the container walls in a neglible way, so most of the work is done by the LEDs on the lid. The visible part of the spectrum does shine through the plastic walls and contributes to freeing the oxygen atoms, but I doubt any UV does. Did you try to turn off everything but the lid light and compare the time?
Where did you get the plastic shell to use for the control box? That's the last aspect I'm missing. I could make it more basic and simply plug all my tools in, but would love to have a control unit like that!
Hey, Odd. Please tell me what size your container is. Can this method be applied to metal things whose paint has turned yellow? Thanks a lot for your help
@Odd Experiments, I finally have a separate 12v 5A, 75w power supply. Is it normal for the plug going into the heater side to get toasty along with the relay on the w1209? Both are pretty toasty and I’m still 10 degrees off from hitting my target temperature of 40 C
From reading reviews on this heater unit, it seems there's an issue with both some spring used inside of the unit, and the wiring used as its gauge is not adequate for the amperage being pushed through. Also the heater's power usage equates to something along the lines of 120-150w, so a 75w unit might cut out when pushed.
I'm currently building one similar and have seen this updated version of his previous one and just wanted to say - looking at the comments this build really isn't a beginners project, don't simply follow the video and build one yourself and have no risks. So I wanted to add - First you MUST connect this to an RCD adapter, when running anything around water it is vital that the power will cut off with a short, don't rely on your house breakers to cut it off for you, especially in the USA where usually there is no RCD for separate sockets etc. Water + Electricity = Use an RCD. Second - you can't leave this unattended, so for example say you have made this in your flat or house and have this running in a back room or whatever, overnight.. - don't, make sure you check your power supply and everything is all ok during its first few runs! And not to leave it on carpet. It must be placed on either a concrete floor or tile/slate that can help take the heat off that ground spot, especially the power supply if it is a power brick (recommended). There are TOO MANY cheap power supplies out there online that you can't rely on that may say they are suitable, but when it comes to heating elements running for hours at a time it is not worth having that risk in your home or soldered joints becoming loose etc Some modifications I would do would be to have the waterproof led strips, and where you have to solder the connections use clear silicone to seal the connections so no moisture can cause a short on the strips inside the box. And finally then you could avoid the heat element completely if you buy a sous vide device, you could attach this to the side of the box, set temperature and it would also circulate the water around but make sure that the heater element doesn't rest on the plastic. The downside would be that you would need a lot of fluid so that the sous vide can work at the right depth, but you can use water and hydrogen peroxide mixed together - it just will take longer.
I'm not much into restoring and retrobriting stuff myself, but I'm totally making this for sous vide cooking, thank you!
It definitely works for that too. First I was thinking I would use one of those ready machines for this but decided to do this. Great to hear you came up with new use for it. That's ingenuity
I think you shouldn't cook stuff in hydrogen peroxide but I'm not a cook either so wathever.
@@Fellkragen oh no, I'll be using regular water xD
I suggest you to use melted ice, it works better 😬 anyway, for sous-vide cooking you need to circulate water, a controlled heat source is not enough
@@Odd_Experiments so is the heating element necessary? I have been using the sunlight to retro bright some items. But the time frame is just too long.
It must have been a nightmare to film with all that reflective tape, you did it like a champ! Very clever build and use of components👌 Thanks for sharing!🙏
or he put literally 10 different adjusted Pol-Filter on that Lens xD
@@slido-yt 🤣
I have only one word, he's the greatest!
@@ricardocapunay6459 Indeed he [Odd Tinkering] is, Ricky: He's the *greatest one* ever ✌️😁!
Your videos have inspired me to take up small electronic repair....I'm just getting started of course, but thank you for inspiring me :)
I made my own off the back of this, awesome guide by the way. I used a single 360W power supply to power both the LEDs and the heater all at once, a much more elegant solution in my opinion, even if it does involve a big ugly steel box with a fan bolted to the side of the storage crate. I also wired up the aquarium pump that I saw down here in the comments, it circulates the hydrogen peroxide nicely and gets a more even temperature.
Dude, you are such a boss for handling tape and other adhesives while wearing latex /vinyl gloves: that must have been such a pain!
i made mine with tinfoil and clear packing tape...i didn't cut the light and have it looped all over...lit on the bottom instead of the lid...took me 5 minutes and it works like a charm
The Ducktor looks like he was going to a rave!
Thank you very much for passing on the knowledge, you deserve a standing ovation. Love the channel!
Ok this is the best invention I have seen. I used your first retro bright technique and worked wonders. Now I am wanting to try this process however I am not good at wiring etc. however this looks like it makes it a lot quicker for you. Very creative technique and I say patent this technique. Also I bet you can make a lot of money if you decide to create this and sell it. I would be first to buy it to be honest with you.
hey dude, I’m doing this build myself and the part you have linked as the controller board is actually just the case for it, which I realized after it arriving. The actual part ships faster than the case itself funnily enough so I’m cool on that part, but I wanted to let you know so you could fix it for anyone else who tries this build.
RIP i wish i would have read this before buying all that stuff, I just went through the exact same thing.
Looks like i have another project to do. Thank you for this tutorial my friend.
My first retrobrite "box" was a literal cardboard box with foil taped inside and a led strip bent around it, it did work but had to replace the foil once (I only retrobrited about 8 things) as the led strip wasn't exactly flat against the sides it came unstuck and stuck to the plastic items so when lifted tearing it. so far the only things that have reyellowed using that is a Nes and Snes controller which is probably not a coincidence. I then got a led floodlight and retrobrited a white saturn from nicotine white to looking brand new and rather than leaving it in at least a day it only took about 8 hours! I have now made a new box out of a large plastic container and due to it being easier to tape the foil and using a floodlight I expect great results.
I was about ask how you keep the LEDs from shorting out in the water, but then saw you put a separate container inside the bigger one and was like...That makes more sense. :P
The moisture build up on them would surely cause a short, not something I would leave unattended really, or touch accidentally by lifting out anything. Imo you can just buy waterproof led strips that would be better :)
I'll call that the "Plastic Time Machine 2.0" since it turns yellowed plastic back to original color.
I just came to comment on a sunbrighting video, and UA-cam's algorithm suggested this video. It isn't mentioned in the video, but I'm guessing it takes about a day or so for the retrobrighting process to finish? I just left an very yellowed computer's front plastic outside in direct sun light for 3 hot days, and it's almost back to it's default beige color, so I'll leave it for 3 more days to see how far it goes. For those who don't mind a longer waiting time and/or prefer a cheaper (free?) method, it's definitely an alternative. I don't promise it will remove 100% of the yellowing, but it does work and doesn't expose the plastic to chemicals.
Can you please walk those of us who want to build this exact setup through the wiring process? Thanks.
I am in the middle of making one of these myself - so far so good! I am opting to buy a thermostat controller and plug-in heating element instead of doing all the wiring and programming required for the temp controller, but I'm really hopeful about getting my old consoles looking nice. One note: Hydrogen Peroxide is EXPENSIVE! I was planning to retrobright an old Mac Classic, but I'd have to spend at least $150 on enough H2O2 for its shell, so maybe not...
The brighter. The better. I always say.
Hey heads up the link you have for the W1209 temperature control board is a listing for just the acrylic box. I was waiting a few weeks for mine to arrive and when it finally did I realized what I had paid for was just the case. x.x I found another listing with a set of two boards, so hopefully I'll recieve them soon so I can start building my own retrobright box!
I literally just made one of these myself earlier today, except that I put the LED tape on the outside facing in through the clear plastic container, then put foil around the outside of that so that I could use the container itself as the liquid holder.
The biggest difference between what you made and I'm doing is I read that using a small amount of oxidizing catalyst (like that found in OxiClean) helps boost the process and can replace the need for additional heat. In addition, I have access to 15% Hydrogen Peroxide so I'm using that instead; it seems to go much faster, though only time will tell if this is as safe for the material.
I decided to do it like this so I can use only as small container as possible to reduce loss of hydrogen peroxide from evaporation
@@Odd_Experiments That certainly makes sense. If I wasn't doing such large computer case pieces and didn't have access to several gallons of H2O2, then I'd probably be in the same boat. I love seeing different ways of tackling the same problem. Thanks for the video!
@@Odd_Experiments plus hydrogen peroxide is hard to find now adays
@@Odd_Experiments Do you recycle the peroxide?
I would add a small aquarium\water fountain pump to the mix to keep the temperature more even in the liquid. Great job!
Can you do updated video with update links to the supplies or update the existing links you have? Thanks.
This is, literally, the best thing under the sun. ;D
Adding this to my "highly satisfying videos for no reason at all" list.
Build a box myself with just led strips and aluminiumfoil but this is gonna be a nice upgrade for my summer holiday 😂 building a uv box when there is enough outside 😂
So I bought everything on your list, but when I hooked up the heater it burnt up the U2 chip. Did you have any circuit from the heater to the thermostat l?
I'm getting some issues here too. When the relay is closed all is fine, but when the relay is opened (connecting k0 and k1) it keeps restarting. It's like a something is shorting. Any help on this?
Would retrofitting an aquarium work? Or building an aquarium out of mirror glass?
NICE! I been waiting for this one. Very nice Ret0Brite setup you made and Thank you for sharing!!!!
Hello, thanks for the video. Can I use a simple sous vide device to hold the temperature?
Totally over the top build, I have being messing with retrobrighting for years.
My set-up is a large container like yourself, but I put the LEDs horizontal and did not need any soldering, because of the large crate I just did them in a spiral then fed the leads out the top for PSU. I always use hydrogen peroxide high strength cream, works every time. A pain in the ass tho brushing it on every surface.
Just ordered the who set... My Commodore 64, Amiga and GameCube really need some love. Greetings from the Netherlands
Looks simple enough. Wonder if I can make a drawer into "The time machine" so I can leave it there. 😋
No entiendo nada pero fascina ver como construye la caja suprema exterminadora del color amarillo
Hey there,
Do you have any other options for the control board to swap another in? The link in the video does not have one attached to it anymore. Thanks for your time!
Hi odd experiments nice project I am interested building this box and will it help bring back the color of old Lego pieces and my old Nintendo and Super Nintendo back to the way it was and where did you get the black power box with the switch uses the box and what the size
It is really really serious revolution.
Random question but can you reuse the hydrogen peroxide for multiple applications? I assume multiple batches on the same day but can the hydrogen peroxide be used days/weeks apart?
No. Hydrogen peroxide(h2o2) turns to water(h2o) after its extra oxgen atom oxidizes whatever you add to the solution. Hydrogen peroxide is just water with a extra oxygen atom and that's precisely why it's able to disinfect.
why did you used a different power source to power the heating controller? it consumes virtually nothing and the same psu that powers the led stripe would be enough
Can you reuse the hydrogen peroxide? If so, for how long or how many times?
The hydrogen peroxide gets consumed in the process. You can reuse it, but it is less effective each time.
I'm not clear on something, I got almost everything to work but the heater. Do I need a 3rd 12v power supply to make it? I'm not quite understanding how that'd work. Can anyone guide me to a picture on how that would look? I can't really understand the diagram sadly.
This is a fantastic build! Very Impressive! Don't leave so much length on your tinned leads tho, you only needed like half of that. Clip em!
Thanks for the content man, super cool!
Wouldn't it also be possible to use a rescue blanket instead of tape? It isolates and reflects really well and i would actually say that it would be more effective.
Do you know how many amps all three devices use so you can power all three from a single source?
please help with one source
14:51 Also, what is this part even called so i can search for it?
[edit] - Nevermind. its called a Position Terminal Block.
Can you reuse the hydrogen peroxide after the 24 hour treatment or does it lose its oxidizing power to clarify another plastic parts batch?
Hello exchellent work ❤ do you know how much watt will be the power supply from 220v to 12v only for the heater ? Because I bought small one for car as yours and write 150 W ! Thanks
I would like to know this too because my 12v 10a power supply is tripping when I connect the heater. Maybe because it needs more amperes?
@@manuman94 finally I finished it with some more upgrades for faster results !! The power supply must be over 12.5 amps for the heater and separated from the led lights witch I put another one with 5amps and works everything perfect !!🙏💪
@@gkass6220 thank you so much mate!
Share that upgrades too haha 😂
Ciao gentilmente ti posso chiedere di quanti millimetri sono spessi i due fili rosso e nero, grazie .
I'm having an issue with a single 12v DC 5A power supply to power both. When I set it to heat, the relay clicks on and immediately off. Most likely, 5A is not enough.
Do I need the clear tape insulation when doing it with the aluminum tape? Can i just put the led strips on top of the aluminum tape?
Hi, in your experience, how long do thes items last before they turn yellow again?
So could you just use an Aquarium heater instead?
What do you think about using a combination of the set you made before and this one? Without heater and using the led strips around?
In the previous one the leds heat the liquid more because they are closer so it has partially the same idea. This just has more flexibility and is a bit easier to use. Just make sure it heats up the liquid a little because very yellowed parts take a long time if there is no heat
That's very handy to have, my UV tape is always a mess to try to rewind on the spool. I might steal this idea. :)
Would a horizontal spiral around the tub instead of vertical strips prevent having to solder so many connections? Just a lazy persons pondering..
Great build and job. Id like to build this, can you tell me what 3 PSU`s you used please.
Just curious if the yellowing has came back 3 years later
The clear tape you use for the leds, you mentioned that you might want to use extra adhesive to keep them down. Would double sided clear tape be a good solution? that way no additional adhesive needed? The clear tape works for both keeping it from touching the aluminum and allow for extra adhesive for the light strips?
I have had really good results with just 2 big "100W" LED lamps overhead. No wiring. The plastics float at the top unless I put glass jars on them to pin them down.
I’m currently trying to make this and there are some things missing I didn’t see you include in the description :/
Great project! I think that, It would be better to connect led strips in parallel not in series. Less voltage drop, easier to connect.
Have you tried this process with the LEDs turned off? Might work without the LEDs just as well.
Hydrogen prioxide is used to fill in the broken bonds with hydrogen it's supposed to make it more stable and to reverse yellowing, the UV lights break apart the bromine oxygen bonds.
Could you use an aquarium heater and thermostat for this?
Are you able to reuse the hydrogen peroxide?
Yes a few times, but not forever the solution will dillute when you use it and that will slow the process down until it's too slow
@@Odd_Experiments Ah thank you man, Love your videos!
@@Odd_Experiments How does the purity of the Hydrogyn peroxyde affects the process?, You use a 12% solution, the one used for desinfection is about 5%, would it be slower?
Here is something I wonder, is the hydrogen perdioxide destructive to logos and prints on the plastic?
So far I've not it had that issue so I'll say yes but every manufacturer used their own methods and materials for printing so I can't promise anything
@@Odd_Experiments maybe it could be good to protect them before the reversing
@@fairrodthecapacitor I watched a video yesterday of a Star Wars collector who was working on some vintage figures. He knew beforehand from experience that he'd lose certain prints and they definitely disappeared completely in the after shots. You'll want to be careful if there's anything you want to preserve. I come here from the doll customizing community and we use a similar method on dolls but in a paste for ink stains and always warn to only cover the stain because UV/sitting in the sun will remove the dolls face paint anywhere the paste sits.
Another I watched on the topic of testing different light exposure methods used 1 piece of plastic with the unused testing spaces covered in blue masking tape and they did not improve while being covered despite at least 4 different exposures to the persons methods, while the uncovered pieces DID improve to varying degrees. If you can mask the space safely it's definitely worth it.
Is it possible to make a circuit using only one 12V power source?
If you have enough current. Something like 5A probably won't be enough for all of that. Unless maybe you have just glass of hydrogen peroxide in there. But if you use a PC power supply I think it should work
Am I right in thinking that the hole you drilled in the box is for the LED lights? As there are 2 cables using the hole I guess the lid and base are wired separately? Does the heater wiring go through another hole? You didn't really show that bit.
Man I am really eager to make this and I know you have a simple wiring schematic but do you have this wiring schematic somewhere in detail?
I purchased almost everything you linked, but you didn't link what that black plastic box you put the switches into was, or what sort of bit you used for the drill on that plastic box.
Great video! Do you know if i can also use a fish tank heater instead of the one you made?
Yeah I wanted to give this a go too, the issue is the 50” water temp, lol that would fry any fish so good chance you won’t find one
Hi, just curious, how do you get rid of the hydrogen peroxide once you're done?
And also, the higher the purity the better ?
Just leave it out preferably in sunlight and it will turn back into water. All hydrogen peroxide is, is water with an extra oxygen molecule. That extra oxygen molecule will eventually diminish and it will turn into regular water. then you can just pour it into your grass or down your sink.
Very interesting, thank you!!
For the heater, you cut the end off, stripped the wires and put into that bridge. After that, you put to leads out of the bridge into the back of the power adapter? If you weren't allowing for a bigger heater in the future, would you have wired the power adapter directly to the heater?
Yes, except one of the wires goes through the relay in the board like in the drawn picture so the board can control the heater. But yes I could have just soldered the wires instead of the bridge
@@Odd_Experiments Why are there 3 red wires going into the controller? shouldnt one of them going to the relay not be ground?
What is the name of the clay-like rubber used to attach the bolts to the parts in the video?
It works with yellow musical keytops? Thanks very much
Wanting to do this project but it seems the controller board w1209 you linked in the description only comes up as box only, so no board or anything, do you happen to have a link to the board itself?
It's possible use wood bulb (2x 26W) for uv? I use oxiding emulsion 40% vol. Thank's
Love the content! Question about Retrobrightening: does it work on consoles that are colored or only those that are white/transparent? I have a "purple" Gamecube that looks quite sad, could the Retrobrightening help restore the original color you think?
If I remember correctly he's done a retrobrighting of a colored semi-translucent N64. The best visual results come from white/gray/transparent plastics but it can still work well on plastics regardless of color.
If I wanted to use a 12V power supply to power both the LEDs and the W1209, what amperage would I need? The one I found online has two outputs, so I can dedicate one for the LEDs and one for the W1209 using the second wiring method mentioned. I just need to know the ideal amperage. Specs for the W1209 say it pulls 2A and the immersion heater I found is a 120W (so 10A?). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Hi. Same doubt here. Did you find an answer?
i’ve got an old xbox 360 controller which i restored but it’s very yellowed so this should help it look like nee
Outstanding work
Hello planning on making a retrobrighting box. I have a question for the power supply did you use three different power supplys or one? Please let me know, thank you very much.
do you have a detailed explanation of how the switch box is wired up?
This is an awesome invention, I am literally waiting for all the parts now to do this myself... I do have one question relating top the condensation.. did it ever cause an issue with shorting the LED's?
@Odd Experiments Are you sure the LEDs on the sides do anything? It seems to me that you could totally skip the LEDs on the side walls of the container, both in this version and in the previous one, where you put the LED strips on the outside...
UV permeates the container walls in a neglible way, so most of the work is done by the LEDs on the lid. The visible part of the spectrum does shine through the plastic walls and contributes to freeing the oxygen atoms, but I doubt any UV does.
Did you try to turn off everything but the lid light and compare the time?
Really really cool idea!
Where did you get the plastic shell to use for the control box? That's the last aspect I'm missing. I could make it more basic and simply plug all my tools in, but would love to have a control unit like that!
Any updates now that it’s been a few years? Are all of these items yellowing again?
Is the process permanant ? a friend of mine told me that after one year the yellow came back .. is it possible ?
Hey, Odd. Please tell me what size your container is. Can this method be applied to metal things whose paint has turned yellow? Thanks a lot for your help
Out of curiosity what's the size of the container you used?
Does 5 v UV LED strap works?
Can you reuse hydrogen peroxide? Or will it loose its ability to bright after being exposed to air? At least thats my experience
If you havent gotten the answer yet yes you can reuse it. Its just the more you do the longer it will take the process bc it starts to get diluted
Greatest content ever, I love this!!!!
@Odd Experiments, I finally have a separate 12v 5A, 75w power supply. Is it normal for the plug going into the heater side to get toasty along with the relay on the w1209? Both are pretty toasty and I’m still 10 degrees off from hitting my target temperature of 40 C
From reading reviews on this heater unit, it seems there's an issue with both some spring used inside of the unit, and the wiring used as its gauge is not adequate for the amperage being pushed through. Also the heater's power usage equates to something along the lines of 120-150w, so a 75w unit might cut out when pushed.
I'm building a retro bright box like this. However, my question is how did you calculate the spacing for the LED strips?
14:51 where did you get that?
will this work for removing yellow from Jordan shoes too?
I'm currently building one similar and have seen this updated version of his previous one and just wanted to say - looking at the comments this build really isn't a beginners project, don't simply follow the video and build one yourself and have no risks. So I wanted to add -
First you MUST connect this to an RCD adapter, when running anything around water it is vital that the power will cut off with a short, don't rely on your house breakers to cut it off for you, especially in the USA where usually there is no RCD for separate sockets etc.
Water + Electricity = Use an RCD.
Second - you can't leave this unattended, so for example say you have made this in your flat or house and have this running in a back room or whatever, overnight.. - don't, make sure you check your power supply and everything is all ok during its first few runs! And not to leave it on carpet. It must be placed on either a concrete floor or tile/slate that can help take the heat off that ground spot, especially the power supply if it is a power brick (recommended). There are TOO MANY cheap power supplies out there online that you can't rely on that may say they are suitable, but when it comes to heating elements running for hours at a time it is not worth having that risk in your home or soldered joints becoming loose etc
Some modifications I would do would be to have the waterproof led strips, and where you have to solder the connections use clear silicone to seal the connections so no moisture can cause a short on the strips inside the box.
And finally then you could avoid the heat element completely if you buy a sous vide device, you could attach this to the side of the box, set temperature and it would also circulate the water around but make sure that the heater element doesn't rest on the plastic. The downside would be that you would need a lot of fluid so that the sous vide can work at the right depth, but you can use water and hydrogen peroxide mixed together - it just will take longer.
How to remove yellowish from silicon we need to know please
Can you re-use the hydrogen peroxide?
It was very cool
What should be the ratio of water combined with hydrogen peroxide (12%)?