is there anything i can do about this?

alos whats needed to open it up?

Except trying to clean the dirt with a toothbrush and alcohol to remove the dirt, it will still not looks as new. Not as ugly, but still yellowed.

You need a 4.5 mm security bit to open it up.

i heard watered down bleech might help?

what about a very fine light sanding?

Doesn't hurt to try the bleach first, for the sanding I'm not that sure. When you'll open it, you will see inside if the plastic is all yellowed or it's just the surface of it.

ya i'll give the bleach a try soon. that yellowing on the NES/SNES really annoys the hell outta me. its funny how the door didnt discolor though. must have been a diffrent plastic

you can see in the pic how i fixed my NES...

i think im going to get that security bit to open up my SNES and paint it to match

i wan to return my NES-2 to  looking new again though just b/c they seem to be really rare and id hate to "ruin" one

Well, I wrote a post before but NA told me my post title wasn't between 1-255 words and rejected it so I will write a new one. But if the old one goes through later and I double post, sorry.

Anyway,

I have some NES and stuff where two peices of the same object have yellowed differently (such as the body/lid on your NES 2).  This leads me to believe that different batches of the 'same' plastic will react differently in any given situation. Both for how it yellows and how to clean it.

The only thing you can really do is to start with the "safe" cleaning agents like alcohol or a mr. clean magic eraser or even just plain warm water and elbow grease or whatever. Then if it's not clean enough, move on to more drastic measures, like letting the lid soak in a solution of oxy-clean for a few hours or applying harsher cleaners or trying to sand it down a bit.

I have the same problem, the quick reply doesn't seems to work anymore.

Aghhh. It hurts to see NES system in that yellow color. I hope you can clean it so it could looks as nice as mine.

Can the same process of getting rid of the "yellow" coloring  be done on NES, SNES and GameBoy game carts too? I keep getting games from eBay that are nice carts but have the brownish stain or age coloring on the carts.

If it's just grime, you'll be able to clean them with something.

If the plastic itself is breaking down, there isn't much you can do besides wear away the surface and hope for the best.

You could give it a couple of coats of plastic paint.

Here's a recipe that *might* works :

http://www.atari-forum.com/viewto...

I haven't tried it so...at your own risk

are they just talking about normal drug store proxide?

im wondering the same thing.

Yes, it should be regular hydrogen peroxide, which is what you can buy at the drugstore.. check the percentage of h202 though..