Smelly Atari equipment
I have an Atari 400 and a 2600 and both have a weird smell to them. I have taken them apart and they are clean inside and out. I wiped them down, but they still have a bit of a stink. The 400 is a chemically smell but the 2600 is just bad, especially the cartridges. I have them packed in a plastic container and when I open it I can smell it strongly.
It's odd because my Nintendo NESs and Super NES don't smell that way. I am wondering if the plastic is giving off an odor. |
We used to seal up smelly sets in a bag for a week with activated charcoal, bought bulk. Any remaining smells, and they got the ammonia treatment - not for wood or paper (speakers), but effective on glass, plastic and circuit boards...
Smelly wood cabinets got an inside coat of B-I-N Shellac sealer, an old tip from a furniture-maker. Yes, even the burnt-socks-oh-my-this-flyback-going-up-in-flames-smell goes away with the shellac sealer. Some adhesives deteriorate to pretty bad smelling stuff, as does some open-cell foam. I can't offer a solution there, 'cept replacement. |
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And more importantly, are they stinking when powered on? Or just sitting around? Open one up and look. |
http://dwarmstr.blogspot.com/2013/02...les-stink.html
:thmbsp: If you read this link it may offer a possible answer . Over the years I have encountered plastic that smells like Barf exactly as this article states , and so I know this is for real . What originally sent me searching for this was the fact that I have a really nice set of TV/radio alignment tools that if kept in a tightly sealed toolbox will knock your socks off if you take a whiff when it's first opened . My solution was to just leave them open sitting on the bench in a giant old coffee mug , and not being sealed lets the stink blend in with and get lost in all the other smells in the garage . |
Another thing that works, quite often: Dryer Fabric Softner Sheets, scented.
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Perhaps keeping them sealed in that container is causing it. Could be some kind of chemical reaction from the stagnant air.
I brought home a nice office chair that had been sitting in a smoky garage for who knows how long. It reeked of smoke even after cleaning. I've had it for two weeks and I can barely detect anything now, even when sniffing the upholstery directly. However, I'm still going to refer to it as "Old Smoky". ;) I've read good things about that BIN sealer though. It would be especially useful following what I'll call a redneck Retobrite treatment. I've heard of a few having success using just Oxiclean and water. Use double the maximum amount of cleaner called for, immerse object and boom, done. |
Try Fabrese.
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I left old smelly cig smoke TV sets outside under a tarp for a couple of months and the smell was almost gone.Clean the sets with Lysol and Windex and they were fine.
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I picked up a 20 year old package of wood chisels from granddad's tools, it's a flexible clear plastic carry bag type thing, and it stinks like old cheese. Now come to think of it, I had some old ass plastic welding goggles that smelled exactly the same. I had assumed they were stored with something stinky. With those, I scrubbed the living crap out of them in hot water and soap, and the smell is only barely noticeable when under your nose, now.
I guess some plastics just stink as they degrade. It's probably the actual plasitcizer slowly evaporating. The more you know. |
Those tool handles are made from Cellulose Acetate Butyrate. It's a tough plastic but stinky just like the protective screens on Predicta TVs and many old TV knobs.
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/bleec...om-my-toolbox/ |
Guys, I have about 30 cartridges and a 2600. One joystick doesn't work etc, some games iffy, anything to do with it for cleaning?
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