MONSTER wrote:I actually just gott through cleaning some White Parts. I used "Oxy Cleaning Dish Soap, and some Colgate Whitening ToothPaste. Most of them came out great, and they were very nasty!!! No way of knowing if there was any "yellowing" under the gease and grime, but there sure isnt much there now.
I tred oxy clean too but nothing took the grease off better than 409.
Iam in the middle of building a Cliff Lett look a like
And i have read on here diff ways people have tried to whiten parts and i think i may have found a great way to bring back the new look
1 first i clean the parts in a Ultrasonic cleaner with a degeaser and bleach and hydrogen peroxide Mix
2 Then rince and dry
3 My wife thought of this Use Denture cleanser I thought what could it hurt So see went and picked me up some they are like dollar for a hole box of them ANyway i got a bowl of water chaoose a few extra parts i had and did a test run and all i can say is WOW I have some befroe and after pics i will get up later
I have used Polident, smoker's version, it didn't really notice that much of a difference as compared to using something like Simple Green, hot water, and a good scrub.
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You know after i finished up it really still has that yellow tent to it.I just don't think there is anyway to get the parts back to white unless its new.Now don't get me wrong these parts look great But i really wanted that brand new look.
I tried a cone shaped brush on my dremel with some polishing compound on a white battery mount and it cleaned up real nice. I cleaned the grime off it first with soap and water and then used the compound.If a stain goes right through a part there aint a durned thing you can do about it.
One thing I never tried so far that could actually give some results is exposing the parts to UV light, I'm pretty sure it could work. Did anyone ever try?
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Asso_man! wrote:One thing I never tried so far that could actually give some results is exposing the parts to UV light, I'm pretty sure it could work. Did anyone ever try?
That may be something I will try... Anything is worth a shot. My brother-in-laws car sat in a smokers house for 15+ years. It yellowed the parts pretty bad. I have tried simple green so far and it helped some.
WillyThickfoot wrote:I tried a cone shaped brush on my dremel with some polishing compound on a white battery mount and it cleaned up real nice. I cleaned the grime off it first with soap and water and then used the compound.If a stain goes right through a part there aint a durned thing you can do about it.
Plastic polishing works, just make sure you go easy on the part and let the polishing compound do it's work.
RichieRich wrote:If anything, exposure to UV light will make the parts more yellow. I think that's why they turn yellow in the first place.
my thoughts exactly, im sure the yellowing only goes in a small distance has anyone cut an arm or such in half to check? there must be some great product that will effect the outer layer at least
We've lost members here because this topic keeps coming up. This forum can't afford to lose anymore of our oldest members because this topic about making white parts white again keeps coming up. Please, this has got to stop! Read this: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6824
hey i just got an rc10 gold pan buggy and i want to know what can you clean the white parts in to make them bright white again
with out making them weaker!! i tried looking in general forum but i cant seam to find it
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Here's some before , during , and after.
BLING! nice job man! i think i bought some airtronics receivers from you back in the day but cant remember. came out great tho!
Thanks. :D
I have this RC 10 and would like to see it I can bleach the pink parts white again or maybe die a different color to make it look better without them turning out an off color.. Will this be trouble or not???
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the before
Finished ..... just have to givem the peroxide bath to make em whiter
Has anyone any good tips on how to get original white parts clean and white again? Acetone and Bleach don't work! :shock:
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G
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i've used castrol super clean and had decent results getting parts clean, but once that white plastic gets that yellowish stain to it, its pretty much impossible to get WHITE again. i've tried bleach, softscrub, boiling them in bleach... nothing...
I wanted to know if RPM made white 10T front and rear body mounts? Not the #7014 body posts, but the actual mounts for the posts. Either adjustable or non-adjustable. I've never seen them in the ads.
Just received some White J Concepts Rulux wheels but they appear to be more of a pale blue grey colour is this normal. The other wheel is a JCRacing white for comparison
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You don't *need to do anything to run the front B4 wheels, although the offset is more inboard than the old 2.0/2.1 wheels. If that bothers you, you can run GT front axles which are wider and correct the offset.
HI!... Just wondering what the best way to whiten up vintage RC-10 white plastic parts is? Seen a ton of different ways, but would like to know what has worked the best for you guys. I don't want to make the parts brittle.
Thanks for any info you...
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HI!... Thanks for the link. I'm new to the site and the RC-10. I tried the search function and that particular thread never showed up. :?