Super Nintemu: A Raspberry Pi Emulation Console

Darksavior

@msxer took me around a week. Did both sides because it was getting too brittle. Should notice a different after a day or two.

msxer

@Darksavior said in Super Nintemu: A Raspberry Pi Emulation Console:

@msxer took me around a week. Did both sides because it was getting too brittle. Should notice a different after a day or two.

Did you submerge your case in the peroxide gel (and keep it submerged) or did you apply the gel onto the case and leave it in the sun?

Darksavior

@msxer submerged in a mix of peroxide gel/cream and water. I've watched too many people screw up with the paste mix and plasric wrap. Ugly blotches. I even saw one that removed a bit of the nintendo logo. Dipping it is the safest way. Nintendo logo intact.

Ekstreme

I have an original gameboy I've been meaning to do this too. I was planning on rubbing the cream all over, then putting it in a blown-up zip lock back outside in the sun,

msxer

@Darksavior said in Super Nintemu: A Raspberry Pi Emulation Console:

@msxer submerged in a mix of peroxide gel/cream and water. I've watched too many people screw up with the paste mix and plasric wrap. Ugly blotches. I even saw one that removed a bit of the nintendo logo. Dipping it is the safest way. Nintendo logo intact.

What mix-ratio did you use for the peroxide gel and water? And did you make a fresh mix daily or did you just leave the plastic in the same bath for a few days?

@Morph-X: sorry for kind of hijacking your thread. I'll create a new thread to post my de-yellowing results in when I have the time to post my progress.

BTW: since I haven't received the security screwdriver yet to open up my SNES, I took it to a local repair shop to open it using their tool. The guys there were really friendly and offered to check if the SNES I bought as being defective (for just 10 Euro) really was defective using their power supply, TV cable and game. It turned out my SNES works fine. So I have some second thoughts about breaking it to build in a Raspberry Pi.

Darksavior

@msxer said in Super Nintemu: A Raspberry Pi Emulation Console:

What mix-ratio did you use for the peroxide gel and water? And did you make a fresh mix daily or did you just leave the plastic in the same bath for a few days?

I'm sure the information would benefit anyone working on an snes...
I made a fresh mix daily. I never measured, I just poured some sally branded vol40 cream. In the beginning I used to mix it with a bit of oxyclean but I got similar results without using it. My results weren't perfect since I did each part seperately, but it used to be as yellow as yours.

msxer

@Darksavior Thanks for your help. I have created a de-yellowing topic here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3794/de-yellowing-a-1992-super-nintendo-console-progress-report

tlangford

I am planning a similar project. Where did you get the grey backplate?

Morph-X

If you look at the video on YouTube, from about 9 minutes in, you can see it up close. It's just a regular piece of painted plastic (styrene) glued in place. Although i had to use a dremel to cut a bit of plastic away so the "plate" would have a well enough surface to be glued upon.
In the meantime, here on the RetroPie forum someone with a similar build has designed a nice 3D-print model for a very nice and elegant backplate. I believe the 3D model is available for download. I think that would be a better solution.

denisuu

I already have 12% hydrogen peroxide but I'm waiting for a sunny day. That could be another 3 months here in Belgium :p I'm thinking about getting UV lamp but I'm not sure which one to get. Ideal would be to put them inside of a tanning bench lol :D