Should I Paint It?

[TinCanAlley]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

If you have a significant amount of UV light in the room such as fluorescent lighting, 80s or older windows without UV light filters built in (the light from the window feeling warm/warming the places it shines on), etc that UV light could be the source of the accelerated yellowing and doing something to stop it could make retrobright effective long term.

Just a thought.

Thing is, it's in a room with UV blocking film, blinds are closed most of the year and artificial lighting is minimum. I watched a video or two on what I am experiencing and it seems quite common. One guy did it and put the item away in storage, sealed container, and it was back to what it was before with no UV. Seems either some plastic will keep going no matter what, while others will never yellow in the first place. I have 3 Milton Bradley Starbirds from 1978 and one has yellowed extensively on the body, but the detachable capsule hasn't yellowed at all. The other 2 have slight signs of yellowing. Go figure.