Spin Dryer Has Gone Yellow

[maggie01]

I stored my spin dryer in a cupboard away from sunlight and I need to use it again and the plastic has turned dark yellow. I thought storing in the dark would prevent this. Is there anyway to restore it

[allenlondon]

Maggie. This is important, why?

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[Old_Geezer]

Would not know, but if it is a symptom of it's age, might it now be weakened and in need of those parts being replaced ?

[barry1010]

You can try wiping it down with a strong beach solution but I wouldn't worry about it.

[allenlondon]

At risk of repetition, this matters, why?

[maggie01]

Allenlondon. It doesn't look good. I thought light made plastic go yellow but it hasn't been in the light. It works perfectly

[ladybirder]

Poor thing. Give it some vitamin D;-)

[alavahalf]

The product you are most likely to have in the house, that may restore the faded plastic is Cream Cleaner.
Cif or Gif.. preferably the white cream. One product that will fix it if it is fixable.. and you are less likely to have it, is Rubbing Compound. Often used to restore paintwork on a car body.
Plastic sometimes fades for no reason and there is little you can do about it.

[allenlondon]

Lor lummy maggie, lor lummy.

You’ve rendered me speechless.

Wish you well, with your off-white machine.

[teacake44]

Today I've been looking at replacing my bath panel because it has turned yellow, to be fair its about 15 years old, but no cracks or splits, it just spoils the look of the whole bathroom, but the price for mine is just silly, Around £80/90, and the chances are it won't be the same quality. Some of the early UPVC doors turned yellow due to a chemical reaction I believe. Any how back to the bath panel, after some research this morning, some say that Hydrongen Peroxide gel will bring the whiteness back?? Not decided yet what to do, HP is not expensive to buy it appears.

[Mamyalynne]

Clean and dry it,mask it up and get some suitable spray paint (outside or a well aired place ) - do it a funky colour, will brighten the room up.

[teacake44]

Just to add to the above, in most cases it is the lack of light that helps turn the white to yellow, its to do with the oil that's used in the production of the plastic . To give you some idea, if you paint a interior door in white oil based gloss, and the one side gets lots of sun light, it will stop white for longer, the other side, if in the dark most of the time will go yellow very fast.

[teacake44]

Ml, you would have to be a dam good sprayer to get a good finish on a smooth surface such as a bath panel, even if you scuffed it up before spraying, plus no doubt an expensive under coat and top coat, other than that it would look very un -professional.

[Mamyalynne]

I was referring to the spin dryer, a good plastic spray paint would do the job.

I'm after a tongue and groove bath panel when I can get my Son in Law to fit one.