Restoring faded and yellowed plastic?

[OldSch88L]

I just saw these for sale for a steal on my local Jeep Club FB page, I'm really interested but the condition of the covers suck... Anyone knows of a way or product that could work on restoring them and making them white again? The only trick I know is water sanding and buffing, but I don't want to mess up the logos...Thanks!

[eaglescout526]

Retro bright. Give that a shot on one of them. 

[scaleless]

Wet sanding will definitely take the logos off, you are correct.

[fiatslug87]

Are those the 850s?

[OldSch88L]

34 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said:

Retro bright. Give that a shot on one of them. 

What kind of product is that?

 

16 minutes ago, fiatslug87 said:

Are those the 850s?

Don't know yet, still waiting on more info from the seller.

[eaglescout526]

7 minutes ago, OldSch88L said:

What kind of product is that?

It’s not. It’s a technique the vintage gamers and computer guys use to de-yellow their tan or white plastics. Give it a search on the you tubes and quite a few people will pop up with ways to do it. What you need really is warm water, UV light of some sort and some strong isopropyl I think. 

[OldSch88L]

Well,gotta love marketplace... I was the first to reply that I wanted them and the seller sold them before I could get there... However, I did stumble upon these; I think they give a similar retro vibe as the Marchals... What do you guys think?

[russel730]

On 5/24/2021 at 11:41 PM, eaglescout526 said:

It’s not. It’s a technique the vintage gamers and computer guys use to de-yellow their tan or white plastics. Give it a search on the you tubes and quite a few people will pop up with ways to do it. What you need really is warm water, UV light of some sort and some strong isopropyl I think. 

I've seen this and it works really well. Think they use a high concentration of hydrogen peroxide + UV light.

[Kaiserman]

On 5/26/2021 at 1:14 PM, OldSch88L said:

Well,gotta love marketplace... I was the first to reply that I wanted them and the seller sold them before I could get there... However, I did stumble upon these; I think they give a similar retro vibe as the Marchals... What do you guys think?

Hard pass. I have some round Eagle Eye lights. Very cheap chinese crap. Would not buy anything from them.

[scaleless]

Yeah, real Marchals will blow china crap out of the water, both performance- and coolness-wise