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 Author: AMBESTEN13 View Messages Posted By AMBESTEN13
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I know it's original, and the yellowish color indicates it's the original
Lego paint, which I'll later restore with hydrogen peroxide. Does anyone
know anything about it?
 
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It's the gray Ewok
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It's the gray Ewok
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In General, AMBESTEN13 writes:
  It's the gray Ewok


 
Part No: 41882 Name: Minifigure, Head, Modified SW Ewok Plain
* 		41882 Minifigure, Head, Modified SW Ewok Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Head, Modified {Tan}

Only found in brown and tan, so why the gray.

 
Set No: 7139 Name: Ewok Attack
* 		7139-1 (Inv) Ewok Attack
107 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2002
Sets: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 4/5/6
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In General, AMBESTEN13 writes:
  I know it's original, and the yellowish color indicates it's the original
Lego paint, which I'll later restore with hydrogen peroxide. Does anyone
know anything about it?

It looks Tan to me, not yellowed….

 
Part No: 41882 Name: Minifigure, Head, Modified SW Ewok Plain
* 		41882 Minifigure, Head, Modified SW Ewok Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Head, Modified {Tan}
 Author: AMBESTEN13 View Messages Posted By AMBESTEN13
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It's yellowish only on the front; the gray on the back is lighter, like the
old gray of Lego.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In General, AMBESTEN13 writes:
  It's yellowish only on the front; the gray on the back is lighter, like the
old gray of Lego.

Oh, okay it’s the grey you want to peroxyde 😅

Note that it’s not very good for the parts: it always comes back (and it’s easy
to “burn” the part).
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In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, AMBESTEN13 writes:
  It's yellowish only on the front; the gray on the back is lighter, like the
old gray of Lego.

Oh, okay it’s the grey you want to peroxyde 😅

Note that it’s not very good for the parts: it always comes back (and it’s easy
to “burn” the part).

Hi.

What do you mean by "burn" the part when using peroxide?

Thanks. Jim
 Author: 1001bricks View Messages Posted By 1001bricks
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In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
  In General, SylvainLS writes:
  In General, AMBESTEN13 writes:
  It's yellowish only on the front; the gray on the back is lighter, like the
old gray of Lego.

Oh, okay it’s the grey you want to peroxyde 😅

Note that it’s not very good for the parts: it always comes back (and it’s easy
to “burn” the part).

Hi.

What do you mean by "burn" the part when using peroxide?

Peroxide is aggresive and will create more problem in the long run than what
it apparently solved.

On "retrobrighting" I'd recommend you, wtih MANY explanations and
10+ years testing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_WpjseCXA

Possible cause and infos from here:
https://youtu.be/_n_WpjseCXA?t=197

And especially his conclusion:
https://youtu.be/_n_WpjseCXA?t=848

"Do not do it"

HTH?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In General, 1001bricks writes:
  […]
Peroxide is aggresive and will create more problem in the long run than what
it apparently solved.

Exact.


  On "retrobrighting" I'd recommend you, wtih MANY explanations and
10+ years testing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_WpjseCXA

Possible cause and infos from here:
https://youtu.be/_n_WpjseCXA?t=197

Oh, the wrong cause again 😮‍💨

The bromine thing has been debunked decades ago.  The short of it:
0. It’s not in all the ABS yet all ABS yellow.
1. It would evaporate or wash easily and wouldn’t stay to tint the plastic.
2. AFAIK, it’s not even yellow (or beige-brown), it’s red (or maroon) (at normal
temps).
3. Apparently, it smells awful and very strongly and even traces would be noticed.


  And especially his conclusion:
https://youtu.be/_n_WpjseCXA?t=848

"Do not do it"

HTH?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
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In General, TheBrickGuys writes:
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What do you mean by "burn" the part when using peroxide?

Peroxide bleaches/whittens the plastic.  If you leave coloured parts in peroxide
or under UVs too long, you get ligthened colours, very lightened colours.

I don’t have pics and the parts are now somewhere inside a MOC… but I tried peroxide
about 8 years ago on a few parts and tested different timings and an LG brick
indeed lost the hard yellowing it had… but got VLG steaks instead.

Anyway, hydrogen peroxide (or ozone, or compounds thereof) and/or UV (some people
“advise” to just leave the parts in the sun “long enough”) don’t reverse
the process, they either finish it or bleach/discolour the parts.

Simple explanation: https://medium.com/@pueojit/a-look-into-the-yellowing-and-deyellowing-of-abs-plastics-db14b646e0ad
(but don’t follow the “advice” at the end: never use chlorine on plastics like
ABS, it’s even worse for their integrity)

Scientific paper: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4320144/