Painting SNES

[SkiDragon]

I tried to use the search function but its not working.

I got an SNES with a yellowed bottom. I thought about painting it. When I tried to find a yellowed top, I realized that none of my tops are yellowed, only some of the bottoms. Do the tops ever yellow?

Anyway, I was wonding if anyone could point me to some other examples of painted SNES systems. I am trying to think of a good idea for the paint job. Any ideas/tips? I figure Ill use that Krylon fusion paint.

[Pineapple]

here is a black and silver one (http://www.cgcc.ca/articles/view.php?article=Play%20SNES%20Imports) from cgcc.ca

[SkiDragon]

I ended up painting it orange, and I have to admit it looks pretty spiffy.

[SkiDragon]

Here are some poor quality pictures that I took:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~adonald/snes.bmp

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~adonald/snes2.bmp

It looks much better in person.

[Jagasian]

Wouldn't it be better to try to bleach out the yellowing? A properly restored SNES should look and perform just like a new SNES did back in the early 1990s.

[SkiDragon]

I suppose I could have tried to bleach it, but I already have a bunch of these and this one was on the worst condition.

[johno590]

You're flash is a ALOT too bright, or something. Looks cool from what I can see though.

I have a NES that is in great shape physically but it's discolored in some spots and I don't really wanna fool cleaning it or bleaching it. I'm going to paint it one day, I just don't know when or what color. Probably all black though.

[Pineapple]

Is it even possible to bleach out the yellowing? I thought that the colour was due to the degradation of the plastic over time. So wouldn't bleach make it worse?

Nice SNES BTW.

[Whiskers the Wonder Cat]

I once decided to paint my PSX red. What a bad mistake that was.

Half my hair was red for couple weeks.

[Jagasian]

Is it even possible to bleach out the yellowing? I thought that the colour was due to the degradation of the plastic over time. So wouldn't bleach make it worse?

Nice SNES BTW.

AFAIK, the jury is still out on that question. It is too bad that the forum's search engine is not available, as there were threads on the topic of getting the yellow out. By "bleach", I don't necessarily mean that real bleach is used, but instead, some cleaning solution for removing the yellow. Though bleach might be an option. I guess there are not enough people with spare SNES systems that they are willing to experiment trying to bleach. I wish these SNES painters would give it a try. Other than yellowing, the original SNES ages pretty well. Even if you have an HD-TV, the original SNES can do S-video, RGB, and even VGA!

[Niku-Sama]

i have a 80-88 computer thats faded and i was wondering what this "bleach" is your talking about so i can try it on it

[SkiDragon]

I thought that somebody already tried soaking an SNES in bleach with no effect. I suppose I could have tried to paint it a light shade of gray to make it look original, but it wouldn't have looked right.

[Jagasian]

Maybe some company could make new plastic shells for the SNES, which wouldn't have the yellowing problem, and would come shaped to fit SNES and SFC carts, as well as SNES and SFC system motherboards :)

[gamegirl79]

Two words for painting consoles:

Krylon Fusion

Works GREAT!

[SkiDragon]

The problem with making SNES shells is that the SNES has more parts than most systems that I have disassembled. Even the top "shell" breaks into many pieces, and the bottom shell which seems the most likely to yellow has special labels and rubber feet all around. When I painted I covered these with masking tape, and removed the pads.

And yes, Krylon fusion is quite nice.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Here's my model 2 SNES repaint.

http://www.classicgameexchange.homestead.com/files/SNES2.jpg

I was wanting to use the same color scheme on a model 1 but, I haven't had the time to do so... perhaps someone else will give it a go? :)

I've found when taking pictures with a digital camera (especially shiny things like consoles and other game stuff) It's usually best to disable the flasher.

As far as the yellowing... I haven't heard of a reliable way to restore the SNES bottom. Also I've heard that vinyl dye works well for coloring plastic cases... it actually soaks in so it won't flake, scratch or peel off like some paints do. Then there's the Krylon Fusion which works rather well.

[Mangar]

If memory serves...

The yellowing is impossible to get out due to the poor quality of the plastic Nintendo used. It's not so much that the colour of the SNES is yellowing, but rather the plastic itself is changing colour. You can't change it back or bleach it away. Which is why SNES repaints are more popular then some other classic systems.

[Vectorman0]

A while back there was a topic here, that linked to somewhere else I believe, that had someone who successfully restored a yellowed console to a normal looking one.

[Chronodriftersx]

Here's my model 2 SNES repaint.

http://www.classicgameexchange.homestead.com/files/SNES2.jpg

I was wanting to use the same color scheme on a model 1 but, I haven't had the time to do so... perhaps someone else will give it a go? :)

I've found when taking pictures with a digital camera (especially shiny things like consoles and other game stuff) It's usually best to disable the flasher.

As far as the yellowing... I haven't heard of a reliable way to restore the SNES bottom. Also I've heard that vinyl dye works well for coloring plastic cases... it actually soaks in so it won't flake, scratch or peel off like some paints do. Then there's the Krylon Fusion which works rather well.

how did you get the nintendo wording seperate from where you painted the rest of the system?

[Icarus Moonsight]

The words are raised or recessed so it's fairly easy to paint 'em up so they pop out. I do recommend a brush for that type of detail work however... to much masking involved for spray.

[Jagasian]

A while back there was a topic here, that linked to somewhere else I believe, that had someone who successfully restored a yellowed console to a normal looking one.

It would be great if you could dig up the link for that. The search feature for this board has been disabled for weeks now.