Reviving Vintage Toys: Say Goodbye To Yellowing With Toy Tinker Tim's Gel-whitening Trick!

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How I whiten yellowed plastic vintage toys with this Gel-Whitening process.
Some white vintage plastic toys are just too big to dunk in a giant tank of hydrogen peroxide, so what do you do? Or, maybe you would like to try and keep the original decals on the surface you are trying to remove the yellow discoloring from. There are many reasons to use a gel-hydrogen peroxide plastic whitener, and I share with you my process and formula to do just that.
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@dougjames4972 Жыл бұрын

Toy Tinker Tim and science for the win!!!! This is a game changer!! Brilliant! Thank you for sharing all your hard work with the collecting community!

@ToyTinkerTim Жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug 👏

@StealthMockingbird 8 күн бұрын

Well done. In my experience, the longer you leave it in the sun, the better. The sun really helps to get the yellowing out. I think if you did the Wampa again and left him in the sun longer, you'd be much happier with the results.

@manofaction1807 Жыл бұрын

That is one heck of a science experiment. Great Job!

@MisterBobot Жыл бұрын

Looks great! I live in Arizona so I get plenty of sun here for these types of restorations... :)

@ToyTinkerTim Жыл бұрын

Sounds ideal for getting that yellow dingy color off👍

@TheSonOfRyan 2 ай бұрын

@ToyTinkerTim how long did these results last? Did it re-yellow within months like some people think always happens, or was it all good?

@jeffeastwood1051 6 ай бұрын

If you are familiar with Sally Beauty Supply, they sell a hydrogen peroxide gel premade which you can dilute more.

@ToyTinkerTim 6 ай бұрын

That could help with a couple of steps, what is the strength of the peroxide?

@luke9511 Жыл бұрын

i wonder how well this would restore the clear plastic of my clear gameboy pocket

@johnphipps3287 Жыл бұрын

Great show... how long does this treatment last?

@ToyTinkerTim Жыл бұрын

This gel method is new for me, but a similar peroxide treatment I did 4 years ago has not shown any more yellowing. Beyond that time will tell. Thanks for watching👍

@hpww6 Ай бұрын

Do you think normal hydrogen paroxide gel would be OK to put on a 1980s cherry coke robot or would it mess up the red

@andysierra6934 Жыл бұрын

I need to try this. My vintage wampa is almost all orange. It looks just terrible

@ToyTinkerTim Жыл бұрын

That sounds pretty heavy, I'm sure this would improve it's appearance. Thanks for watching 👍

@user-wx4zv3up8d 5 ай бұрын

That worked great! Any advice for coloured plastics that have discoloured? Eg a blue plastic m&m dispenser that has yellowed - making it a greeny blue colour. Would this technique work or is it only for white plastics? Thank you in advance!

@ToyTinkerTim 5 ай бұрын

It may fade the blue color, you could try a small spot and see. It didn't attack paint on figures, but I'm not sure of the results with colored plastic

@jonathandiamond8910 4 ай бұрын

Great information, thanks! Just out of curiosity, would this work well on Lego? I’ve done the peroxide bath before, but then they yellowed again.

@ToyTinkerTim 4 ай бұрын

Never tried it on Lego type of plastic blocks, All I could suggest is to try on a few different colored blocks to see if it can address the yellowing and not the molded in color. Thanks for watching!

@jonathandiamond8910 4 ай бұрын

@@ToyTinkerTim Thanks Tim!

@drewbaughman6746 2 ай бұрын

Does it work on TMNT figures I wana clean Scratch but don't want to mess him up

@user-el5hm8ij1b 2 ай бұрын

Can you do it to a yak face ?

@Pokechick_laura 5 ай бұрын

do you think you could use this method for packaged sealed pokemon hasbro items where the yellowed plastic is stilll glued to the cardboard? If the cardboard areas are properly masked and protected and the gel is applied im sure it would be ok

@ToyTinkerTim 5 ай бұрын

It sounds like it could work 👍 carefully applied, maybe better to go lightly and repeat to avoid leaks onto packaging