http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T15:25:28 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T11:22:02 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13
Oil might make it look good, but I have a feeling that once the oil is wiped off/removed, it'll look exactly as it did before. Or, you'll simply have an oily cart.

Worth experimenting on though.

Someone just needs to make the equivalent of shoe polish in NES grey.

-Ian ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T10:43:02 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13 Originally posted by: BitsAndPieces

@AceEbb = That's awesome of you to experiment brother! Something has to work to remove the white, even if it leaves a little blemish where the white once was. I know every collector has a few games with this "crud", and a solution would be amazing. Literally half of my games are in awesome condition other than that... No problem, all I had to do was go to my pile of crappy carts, plus I love experimenting. I found a good (or should I say "bad") candidate: ripped label Metal Gear with two equally whitened corners. I'll post a pic so we can see how it worked, I'll wait until tomorrow and let the veggie oil soak in nicely...

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It's definitely heat damage, because if you take the cart apart, the inside is bubbled and warped in the places the pock marks appear on the surface.

I've got a copy of Kings of the Beach that's a serious, severe case of this, the whole front of the cart is nearly white, and the plastic is very deformed.

The other variant of this I've seen, is where the plastic has white lines in and along the sides of the cart, on the end, etc - like the grey coloring faded out of it. But without the pock marks or warped plastic - just a marbled weird pattern to the fade. It might be related to moisture too - I found that if I leave a cart front in water overnight (a method I tried to make removing labels easier when making repros), I can get a bit of that fading to appear near the ridges in the cart. I will have to try leaving one for longer to see what happens.

The former, melted plastic damage is going to be irreparable. But the other fading? I'm not sure. I know that some people have figured out how to reverse the yellowing of old computer plastics, but I don't think this fading is the same type of problem. So, I really don't think there is any fix other than finding better copies of the damaged games, and to try to keep your games out of direct sunlight, avoid storing them in extreme temperatures, and don't feed them after midnight.

-Ian ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T10:29:43 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T08:26:11 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13 ETA: I can attest so far that none of the normal cleaning agents worked (Alcohol, Goo Gone, Weiman's) but I didn't expect them to. Vegetable Oil doesn't seem to work if you rub it in and wipe it off quickly. I'm now letting one sit with some vegetable oil soaking in for a few days...
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try vegetable oil on a cheap cart. maybe dilute it a little with water?
or theres that retro bright stuff. We ge ALOOOOT of sun down here.)

wow i was just going to suggest that. vegetable oil can restore somr dryness to your carts. i recently picked up about 50, dollar sport titles and they were clearly from a flea market seller. 

Just use a very light amount and avoid the label. Let it sit by itself for a few days and a significant but not all of the white dryness damage can be fixed. Make sure to wipe it clean. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T03:20:12 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13 I'd try the vegetable oil idea, but wouldn't it just leave an oily residue? ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=90476 2012-12-02T01:06:17 -05.00 BitsAndPieces 13 Originally posted by: RASK1904

try vegetable oil on a cheap cart. maybe dilute it a little with water?
or theres that retro bright stuff. We ge ALOOOOT of sun down here.)
can you elaborate on why vegetable oil would work?

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