Making the Ultimate Retrobrighting Box

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?

Can you reuse the hydrogen peroxide?

I'm thinking about making this, I have a bunch of retro console equipment with quite a bit of yellowing. very nice design. I have a few questions if that's okay:
1. Roughly how long would you say does one full treatment take?
2. Does it work on all color plastic or just white/grey ones? I have N64 controllers in green, blue, black and other colors. Does it just restore discoloration or also attack plastic colors?

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.

Your videos have inspired me to take up small electronic repair....I'm just getting started of course, but thank you for inspiring me :)

What concentration is the HP

Dear comment section:
Only assholes retrobright.
Only dumb assholes use an electric source near oxidizers indoors to retrobright.
In two years the yellowing will come back even worse, and all you achieved at the end of the day was breaking down the plastic on a molecular level making it brittle.
Don't do it. Ever

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.

Can you please walk those of us who want to build this exact setup through the wiring process? Thanks.

For how long does the hydrogen peroxide last? Do you need a new batch each time or is it reusable? If so, for how long?

I'm building a retro bright box like this. However, my question is how did you calculate the spacing for the LED strips?

so it's a black light ( UVA ) LED . If anyone interested in buying something similar, you have to search for 380-400nm light source. Harder UV lamps (UVB and UVC ) won't work as good as this.

i’ve got an old xbox 360 controller which i restored but it’s very yellowed so this should help it look like nee

Great build and job. Id like to build this, can you tell me what 3 PSU`s you used please.

What number % do you use for the H202?

You don't need any of this. I've retro brighted loads of stuff in the green house in a plastic bag using Wilkos 12% hair peroxide.
UV light is part of sunlight that occurs naturally, it doesn't even need to be total sunshine. Check it out!

.. I think your burnt soldering iron tip needs to be reactivated..then it conducts heat better again..

It was very cool
What should be the ratio of water combined with hydrogen peroxide (12%)?

It is really really serious revolution.

So could you just use an Aquarium heater instead?

Can you re-use the hydrogen peroxide?

i bet he could un yellow all the headlights in that thing!

I would just get a 20 meter one and wrap it around the box

The Sega Dreamcast and SNES will go nice and yellow too, even out of the sunlight. This is why you should stick to dark plastic devices if you want longevity and to save money

I will try this method to restore a Scream mask from the 90s, it's really yellowed

What is the name of the clay-like rubber used to attach the bolts to the parts in the video?

How long do you recommend leaving it there for an hour or less?

Can you reuse the hydrogen peroxide? If so, for how long or how many times?

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?

Any updates now that it’s been a few years? Are all of these items yellowing again?

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?

A WARNING TO ALL, for I am currently in significant discomfort! While setting up your tinfoil and the parts to be brightened, wear sunglasses! Everyone knows not to stare directly at UV LEDs/bulbs - what you may not consider is that even if you don't, the tinfoil will actively reflect the rays straight back up into your eyes. It only took about ten minutes of fumbling around with my setup to burn my eyes and I didn't even know it was happening until a couple hours later. Now I have a case of photokeratitis, and let me tell you, it hurts. Bad. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up, because although I took care not to stare at my uv lights, I did not consider how much light would be reflected directly back into my eyes from the tinfoil. Be safe everyone!

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.

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

It works with yellow musical keytops? Thanks very much

I need help

Would retrofitting an aquarium work? Or building an aquarium out of mirror glass?

Where did he get the case for the temperature gauge?

Do you know how much will cost you keeping that up for 24 hours?

I’m good to build and use this in my apartment right? Like I won’t somehow burn my apartment down or die from chemical inhalation? 😂

Great project; I plan on doing it as an art therapy project and getting going with toy restoration with it. I had a question though. Would using aluminium paint still provide the same reflective surface, or do I need to use the tape?

Also if I did use the tape, could I hit it with a clear coat to act as a reasonable insulator?

Finally, how much current is the water heater drawing?

I'm wondering if it and the strip light have a combined current draw of 10A, in which case, I could run the entire thing on mine off a single power outlet.

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

Would a horizontal spiral around the tub instead of vertical strips prevent having to solder so many connections? Just a lazy persons pondering..

Like the design, building one myself currently. I am looking for the black control box and having zero luck! Where did you get that from? Thanks again!

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

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.

Dude, you are such a boss for handling tape and other adhesives while wearing latex /vinyl gloves: that must have been such a pain!