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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.

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?

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.

I'm all for the time machine, but if you cant get that to work, go for the 50/50 bleach/water and I like the 409 idea too!

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.

If anything, exposure to UV light will make the parts more yellow. I think that's why they turn yellow in the first place.

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

Sorry, I'm a NEWB here... But I have tried all the things here and Dawn Dish soap, hot water and a toothbrush works just as good as any of them.

Rit Dye makes a whitener to make clothes "White" again... has anyone tried this?

Maybe Chlorine?? Murattic Acid?

Maybe a newby don't know.

i think all of us have used rit dye remover, it doesn't work!

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

why would this cause members to leave ?

we are always looking for new ideas in the the quest for a method that would make this happen.

I agree on using the search and post to a thread that is already started.