Thread: Cleaning celluloid

I tried using a Mr Clean Magic Eraser on celluloid scales and it worked great and quickly at whitening and cleaning stains from them. Just thought I'd pass it along. I've also heard that and hour or two of direct sunlight works well at brightening yellowed celluloid.

Ty

Cool..........

Originally Posted by 30Cal

I tried using a Mr Clean Magic Eraser on celluloid scales and it worked great and quickly at whitening and cleaning stains from them. Just thought I'd pass it along. I've also heard that and hour or two of direct sunlight works well at brightening yellowed celluloid.

Ty

Those things are really magic.

Those are an oxygenating type cleaner right???
I used an Oxyclean type (Sun) on a DD last night with good results... Just the Sun and a old toothbrush, even cleaned up the brass inlays fairly well.... I have also heard that 20 Mule Team Borax works well also, but we were out so I didn't get to try it out....

Thanks Ty. I hadn't even thought about trying one of those.

I'm a bit concerned about their abrasiveness. The ingredients in these are a bit of a mystery. I did some poking around and found this:

"Do not use this product on polished, glossy, brushed, satin, dark or faux surfaces or finishes."

I'm going to give it a shot with some old throwaway scales I've got sitting around.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Those are an oxygenating type cleaner right???
I used an Oxyclean type (Sun) on a DD last night with good results... Just the Sun and a old toothbrush, even cleaned up the brass inlays fairly well.... I have also heard that 20 Mule Team Borax works well also, but we were out so I didn't get to try it out....

No, not quite.. Mr. Clean Magic Erasers are nothing more than a piece of melamine foam. Very, very, *very* lightly abrasive. On the car care forums, there's a continuing battle about whether or not they are safe for different car surfaces like interior plastics and leather. General consensus: be careful.

I swear to god you people are geniuses.

I'm working on restoring a C-Mon and the inlays were green with corrosion. I did a search for cleaning celluloid and came up with this thread, gave it a try and am quite pleased with the results. I dunno about all materials but it appears to be safe for the plastic used in the C-Mon scales from what I have experienced.

I'm going to have to go out today and buy some of this stuff and give it a try now...

A good project for a Sunday

Originally Posted by 30Cal

I tried using a Mr Clean Magic Eraser on celluloid scales and it worked great and quickly at whitening and cleaning stains from them. Just thought I'd pass it along. I've also heard that and hour or two of direct sunlight works well at brightening yellowed celluloid.

Ty

I tried Mother's Aluminum and Mag polish using a microfiber cloth last night and was just astounded at the quick gloss finish on some pretty bad blonde scales. I just put up a post describing how to go about removing deep scratches in celluloid ("polishing synthetic scales"). If you have 'test' scales handy, give it a try.

Way off topic; but, I could not help but notice your name:30 cal. I assume that your a shooter and living in my old home town. Being a competitive shooter as well wonder if your shooting any of the matches around the bay area? Carlo