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So we all know SNES games and the console tends to get kinda yellow or pale greenish. Is it even possible to clean that off? Or is it just there forever, I tried just water and a little elbow grease, nothing happened, it just made my arm hurt. I'm gonna try soaking it in water maybe a week or something to see if that helps.
 
I haven't tried it but I read off the Garage Sale Thread that Mr. Clean Magic Erasers work very well and are cheap.

Let me know if it does because my NES is yellowing as well.
 
Some people take of the shell and actually put them in a pool of bleach for an amount of time. I might be able to find more details if anyone is interested.
 
I've tried several cleaners on discolored SNES's and nothing has helped. the erasers will take the dirt off but will not help with discoloration. Cigarette smoke tends to expedite discoloration. what's kind of weird though is I've seen many SNES's where only the bottom portion of the deck was discolored. Maybe it has something to do with the unit heating up when you play it. I think I remember some kind of warning to only keep the unit on for a certain amount of time
 
[quote name='GrimNecroWizard']I heard those Mr. Clean Magic Erasers work well too.[/quote]
These work extremely well for dirt and grime, but unfortunately they will do nothing to revert the color of an aged SNES (or NES for that matter).

I also haven't found anything to revert this process. One thing that definately doesn't work is bleach. It does absolutely nothing. Same goes for Oxy Clean.
 
I heard a guy claiming he used sandpaper on a yellow SNES and it took the ugly layer off. I'm not sure what it looked like AFTER he did this, so yeah...take all that with a grain of salt.
 
:( thats sad to hear. Yeah only the bottom side of this SNES game is discolored. I wish we could get nintendo to repaint it or something.
 
[quote name='Riyonuk']So we all know SNES games and the console tends to get kinda yellow or pale greenish. Is it even possible to clean that off? Or is it just there forever, I tried just water and a little elbow grease, nothing happened, it just made my arm hurt. I'm gonna try soaking it in water maybe a week or something to see if that helps.[/quote] I think I may have read this wrong, but did you just say you're about to soak an electrical appliance in water?
 
I used cotton balls on two different occassions on my snes.
1. nail polish remover
2.isopropyl alcohol
I dont know but it seemed to clean my games, you just gotta scrub 'em good. the smell goes away fast.
 
Yeah I am Predator21281, but its a game that doesnt work and has no label on it...I will forever wonder what it was.

tiredfornow, I used nail polish remover on my GB games and it made a bad effect. It was as if I soaked them in bleach for a month, I wouldnt do it.
 
[quote name='Riyonuk']Yeah I am Predator21281, but its a game that doesnt work and has no label on it...I will forever wonder what it was.

tiredfornow, I used nail polish remover on my GB games and it made a bad effect. It was as if I soaked them in bleach for a month, I wouldnt do it.[/quote]
Oh ok. I was thinking perhaps you should've put your head in the water with it, but that thought was dashed away by you're reassuring statement.
 
[quote name='Riyonuk']!? I'm assuming its the back one? Oh and its day 2 of my soaking of the game and it doesnt really look diffrent.[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't soaking the game in water corrode the metal connectors?
 
Another great product I used to use was Endust for Electronics, it was an alcohol based foam that really got my games clean. I can't find it in stores anymore though.
 
I don't believe there is any cure for it. I'd find a new one, or hell, you could always paint it.

I bought a used one on Ebay, but it was discolored to hell and back. Tried changing out the shells with the one I had that I fried (stupid polarity on RS adapter), but be careful of revisions. Had to modify a couple of posts to get it to work.
 
I think there's not much we can do to revert the colors on the SNES. The kind of plastic used in the older SNES shells are prone to discoloring due to exposure to light. Probably the best you can do is paint over it.
 
You cant 'clean' the yellow off of a discolored snes, cos its not dirt. The actual plastic has changed color. Basically you can live with it, or do something drastic like paint it.
 
I have refurbished many a SNES console and unfortunatly repainting is the only solution. It was a defect in the plastic that Nintendo used that caused this problem.
 
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