Any way to clean a yellowed cab?

[Ric]

Hi there

I have a Big Brave that has a nice yellow hue to all of the cabinet

I was amazed when I went on IPDB and saw it was actually meant to be a crsip white cab as mine is a sandy yellow colour (although it doesn't look that bad really)

Usually this owuld not be an issue however the fround door of the cab -actually the whole of the front of the cab was ripped off when I bought it and I am rebuiding it.

However I am looknig to paint the front now and wondered if I should try to match the yellow or is there a way to clean the cab to bring back the white?

Any tips or products you guys can recommend?

Cheers

Ric

[Strangeways]

I once tried a green scotchbrite pad and nifti. It DID remove the yellow, but in doing so it did remove some of the white paint as well - so it was a case of the yellow gone, but some of the white was removed as well.

Try a section that is not seen first !

[Ric]

thanks Nino

Will try it on top of the backbox and see

I have a tried orange cleaner and couple of other things and it lookied like it was beginnig to take the paint with it.

I will have a go but it may be too far gone

[millsy]

  Not 100% sure,but I think it is the enamel yellowing that occured with enamels over time. I repainted my machines with waterbased enamels (Dont yellow)

[Ric]

I am going to try Nifti first

If it doesn't work I am not too fussed. the yellow doesn't look too bad

Actually, I think it fits the theme of the desert more than a plain white cab

[studentprince]

I've got a Pioneer that had the same yellowing. I used Kitten No1 Cream Polish and an electric polisher to clean the cabinet. The white came up nice. Maybe you could try that.

[jyebow]

I've got a Pioneer that had the same yellowing. I used Kitten No1 Cream Polish and an electric polisher to clean the cabinet. The white came up nice. Maybe you could try that.

G'day studentprince, Another Pioneer owner. Welcome, How bout an intro post & what other machines do you have?
cheers Steve

[silverball]

Not 100% sure,but I think it is the enamel yellowing that occured with enamels over time. I repainted my machines with waterbased enamels (Dont yellow)

Most enamels(white) will yellow over time. A drop of blue tint added to the paint will stop this from occurring. A wise tip from my father that has so far proven correct.

[chillie]

Just in case it is yellowing from smoke try some degreaser and and a soft skotch bright then if it is smoke it will come straight off. This is a proven technique I have used several times

[deadlydave]

Here's a pic of my effort to remove yellowing from cabinet, isoprol and magic erasers.
I cannot really reccomend it, took three magic erasers and a solid 1/2 hour of scubbing
to get the back half to this stage, takes paint off as well.

[ajlaird]

Yeah, probably better off doing a re-paint. But thanks for doing the research!

[illawarra_steelers]

Yeah, probably better off doing a re-paint. But thanks for doing the research!

That should be the last option IMO - if the original paint is OK and just yellow then suppose it's up to the owner if they can live with that.

Repainting a cab is a MASSIVE job - I'm working on my third one now. It's a fun job, actually I enjoy it more than any part of the restoration. Couln't even ballpark the amount of hours it takes....

40? 50?

Results with patience is well worth the effort though

[ajlaird]

Yeah, probably better off doing a re-paint. But thanks for doing the research!

That should be the last option IMO - if the original paint is OK and just yellow then suppose it's up to the owner if they can live with that.

Repainting a cab is a MASSIVE job - I'm working on my third one now. It's a fun job, actually I enjoy it more than any part of the restoration. Couln't even ballpark the amount of hours it takes....

40? 50?

Results with patience is well worth the effort though

If it was me I would probably live with the yellowed cabinet. But in this case he is going to have to do touch-ups as the bare cabinet is showing through now.

I don't know how touching this cabinet up now will go; maybe it will come out OK? But if you are going to have to do that much work then you might as well do a repaint anyway.

[deadlydave]

Hi

A repaint is going to happen at some stage, in the interim, I prefer the look of the cleaner cab even with the paint loss as opposed to the yellowed cab, I think this machine must have been sited in a fish and chip shop for twenty years  .

Cheers
Dave

[ajlaird]

Show us some pictures of the sides when done - a before and after comparison will be enlightening.