News:

"The phone is a remarkably complex, simple device,
and very rarely ever needs repairs, once you fix them." - Dan/Panther

Main Menu

Ivory Thermoplastic Peroxide

Started by WEBellSystemChristian, January 18, 2016, 03:50:57 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

WEBellSystemChristian

Has anyone ever used Peroxide cream on Ivory Thermoplastic, such as an Ivory 302? I have an Ivory 354 that has absolutely no cracks anywhere, but has stress indentations in the front around the dial. These indentations wouldn't be very noticeable if they weren't highlighted by a dark tint.

I was thinking about using Peroxide/UV treatment to try getting rid of the dark areas. I've used this method many, many times on Tenite and ABS, but is it safe on Thermoplastic?
Christian Petterson

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right" -Henry Ford

Doug Rose

Christian....I have soaked a few Ivory thermoplastics in a 50% bleach/water solution with fantastic results.....Doug
Kidphone

unbeldi

Here is the result of using diluted Clorox bleach, diluted to ca. 30-40%, on a 354:

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=11814.msg126729#msg126729

Nothing is cheaper than Clorox, 121 oz can be had for less than $4 on sale, IIRC.

unbeldi

Quote from: WEBellSystemChristian on January 18, 2016, 03:50:57 PM

I was thinking about using Peroxide/UV treatment to try getting rid of the dark areas. I've used this method many, many times on Tenite and ABS, but is it safe on Thermoplastic?

Both Tenite and ABS are thermoplastics too.

EricofonNL

Yesterday I also restored an Ericofon with peroxide for the first time. And I must say with pretty good results.
I was able to start this experiment because of the posts on this forum.

You can see my experiment on my blog : http://www.ericofon.nl/collection/dark-start/

This will save me a lot of time and will improve some phones dramatically :-)

Thanks
With kind regards,

Paul

http://www.ericofon.nl

Matilo Telephones

Interesting article you wrote there, Paul.

I have received a good candidate for peroxide treatment today. A Wedgewood blue Ericofon, that has yellowed a bit. See picture.
Groeten,

Arwin

Check out my telephone website: http://www.matilo.eu/?lang=en

And I am on facebook too: www.facebook.com/matilosvintagetelephones

EricofonNL

I tried grey as well and that was also a success.
Blue should be no problem at all. Good luck!

Paul
With kind regards,

Paul

http://www.ericofon.nl

EricofonNL

Any news on this blue Ericofon Arwin?

I have done some more experiments with other colors. With pink you need to be extremely careful since it bleaches out very quickly. Do the cleansing in multiple steps of 1-2 hours to be sure you do not overbleach the shell. Last week I messed up a pink phone.

But still, the method remains a good alternative for the sanding process.

With kind regards,

Paul

http://www.ericofon.nl

unbeldi

Quote from: EricofonNL on May 15, 2016, 02:24:28 AM
Any news on this blue Ericofon Arwin?

I have done some more experiments with other colors. With pink you need to be extremely careful since it bleaches out very quickly. Do the cleansing in multiple steps of 1-2 hours to be sure you do not overbleach the shell. Last week I messed up a pink phone.

But still, the method remains a good alternative for the sanding process.

The same is true for Western Electric's pink plastics.
But you should be able to repair the fading by sanding.  On a Princess, it was not hard to get the color back.