Retr0bright

English

Etymology

From retro- ‎ bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See retrocomputing.

Noun

Retr0bright (uncountable)

1. (computing) A chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases.
   • 2009 April 15, capknight, “Re: Apple Power Supply Questions”, in comp.sys.apple2‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah!

   • 2012 March 9, JC, “Re: Cleaning my routed STTNG - how to restore the ships?”, in rec.games.pinball‎^[2] (Usenet):

     retr0bright works well but the plastic does indeed need to be ABS.

   • 2020, Greg Farrell, Game Boy Modding: A Beginner's Guide to Game Boy Mods, Collecting, History, and More!‎^[3], page 51:

     If you want to try this method, you can find Retr0bright recipes and instructions online.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Retr0bright.

Verb

Retr0bright (third-person singular simple present Retr0brights, present participle Retr0brighting, simple past and past participle Retr0brighted)

1. (computing) To remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method.
   • 2009 October 13, [email protected], “Re: What's in your Apple?”, in comp.sys.apple2‎^[4] (Usenet):

     These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards […]

   • 2017 June 28, cb meeks, “Re: Yet another IIc in my collection”, in comp.sys.apple2‎^[5] (Usenet):

     This IIc is cleaning up really nice. Going to Retrobright it soon!

   • 2021, Jamie Lendino, Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution‎^[6], page 270:

     Do you need to retrobright your machine if it has some yellowing?