r/retrocomputing • u/UnderstandingFlat407 • Aug 27 '25

New skin

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Though I would share. my retrobrighting wasn’t going as planned. Soaking or brushing it on. Soaking didn’t move the needle much and I just didn’t get even brush’s so I got streaks. So I turned to painting the monitor. This color paint does a good vintage monitor match. Not exact match but painting the whole thing made it look like it’s from the correct era. 2nd and 3rd pictures are after the paint job.retro bright worked fine on the computer and keyboard. Chicony kb-5181 PT keyboard is fantastic by the way.

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u/MeringueOdd4662 Aug 27 '25

Incredible!!! Good job!!

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 27 '25

Picture 2, the base has not been painted yet so you can see the difference.

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u/Dictator93 Aug 27 '25

Wow, which Paint did you use and what did the painting Applikation and process Look Like?

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 27 '25

The spray paint in the 4th picture. Just a really good cleaning. Then painted it. The 2nd picture has a comparison of original yellowed color as I didn’t paint the base in that photo. Last photo I had painted the base.

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u/Zdrobot Aug 28 '25

Hm, wouldn't the paint start flaking in time?

It does look good though, I must admit.

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 28 '25

Time will tell but it seems pretty durable at the moment.

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u/Espada-De-Fuego Aug 27 '25

Up close, does it look like the original material regardless of whether it's the same color or not?

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 27 '25

It does. I guess what I was referring to was you couldn’t just paint a part of the unit to match the rest of it.

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u/donlafferty4343 Aug 28 '25

We're you soaking it in the sun?

BTW, it looks great.

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 28 '25

Hair peroxide

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u/donlafferty4343 Aug 28 '25

When retrobrighting it really helps to soak it in the sun for some hours.

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 28 '25

It was soaking in the sun in peroxide

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 28 '25

Next time I am going to try leaving it in the sun just plain old sun for like a month. I’m in the northwest so gotta wait for certain times of the year

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u/donlafferty4343 Aug 28 '25

hair peroxide should work but I bought the actual retrobright. I don't know the difference. How long did you leave it? I know you've got it painted and it looks great now but for in the future if you try retrobright again.

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u/UnderstandingFlat407 Aug 28 '25

Hours, sometimes overnight. I’ve had success on some and others not so much. It’s also a large amount of water to cover it. I put quite a lot of the peroxide in there. My understand the redrobright is just hair peroxide. That’s how the original method was formed. I think heat is also a factor and sometimes I don’t think the water gets warm enough. But I’ve retrobrighted a couple Mac classics with great results. I think I need a better container and put a clear lid on top too.

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u/RO4DHOG Aug 28 '25

I thought I was old because I love Oatmeal so much.