Whitening yellowed toys with Hydrogen Peroxide

[VERT]

Okay I thought I would give this a go. First up was G1 Whirl with 6%Peroxide been two days and is working but so slow. Next up I got a one ltr bottle of 12% Creme Peroxide from (Price attack?) Lots of Hair products (was my wifes idea to look at that place)

I used it on my G1 Getaway. Painted it on thick with a brush and left him out in the sun all day. It worked great and he is as white as he was when he was new. No damage has been done to the figure. Total success. Will try it on the Whirl tomorow I think.

[liegeprime]

Sweet VERT!! can we see some pics? Oh pics as well of that peroxide cream your talking about... would be a better idea to use Iguess with my AM megs since the gray and purple parts are already fading from last time I dipped it in a bath.

[VERT]

Okay just some pics of Getaway's Car mode and the bottle. Enjoy

[bruticus]

wow... thats excellent results on getaway!! its bright white!
the cream sounds like a much better solution when you dont want to dunk the entire part in H2O2 solution

how much did it cos for the 12% peroxide cream? i want to give it a go too.

[VERT]

It just cost $10 I coated Whirl and Scourge both really yellow at 9:00 am just looked at them and wow almost done. They have been out in the sun all day. This cream is fast and works. Its kinda like a clear Gell so happy with how its working.

[kup]

It would be interesting to try it on a 1987 toy which isn't so liquid H2O2 friendly.

[1AZRAEL1]

It would be interesting to try it on a 1987 toy which isn't so liquid H2O2 friendly.

Could always test it on the rest of Slugslinger

I am tempted to pick some up anyway to use on Octane and a few others that are a bit bad.

[Ravagecat]

Okay I thought I would give this a go. First up was G1 Whirl with 6%Peroxide been two days and is working but so slow. Next up I got a one ltr bottle of 12% Creme Peroxide from (Price attack?) Lots of Hair products (was my wifes idea to look at that place)

I used it on my G1 Getaway. Painted it on thick with a brush and left him out in the sun all day. It worked great and he is as white as he was when he was new. No damage has been done to the figure. Total success. Will try it on the Whirl tomorow I think.

Hi guys,
some great findings on this topic, just like to say thanks to everyone that has contributed their findings. A lot of my (purchased white) transformers are yellowing all of a sudden with no exposure that I am aware of to the sun which is very dis-heartening to say the least.

I wanted to try the peroxide cream on my getaway but had some questions for Vert if he is still using this site.

1. Did you dis-assemble your Getaway and only put the affected parts in the sun?
2. Did you cover up the blue parts and windshield (I am paranoid that exposing these parts to the sun un-necessarily will damage them too)?
3. Did you just paint around the stickers or remove them first using the zippo fluid technique?

Any thing you can tell me would be great. Thanks...

Also what do you guys do with the removed stickers while whitening the toy. Put it on a used sticker sheet backing or something?
Has anyone NOT had their toy return to yellow after using any of the peroxide processes?

Thanks in advance...

[liegeprime]

Well, as for stickers, since my G1's are basically old old and not as pristine as Heroics's figures are, the stickers tend to be quite dilapidated and old so once I peel em I just get reprolabels instead. It actually makes the figure look better after the revitilizing bleaching bath - almost like new.

As for figures going yellow again, sadly it does, as to how long before it does it again not sure, my Actionmaster megatron is yellowy/ish again after about a year post the bath but Im reluctant to dip him again coz I dont have replacement stickies for his chest symbol, and plus the other painted parts are faded already from the previous bathing. Im kinda lazy so I didnt bother to disassemble the figure first - it's too small.

[theshape]

Hey guys , I just read through this whole thread. I was wondering what you guys thought about using 50% hydrogen peroxide ( I can order this from a chemical wholesaler via my pharmacy). Would this be too strong?

Also, is dabbing on peroxide cream quite effective? Do you need sunlight to activate it? Cheers