Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Peeling away the years


No, I have not had a facial and don't intend too either. Nope, i'm talking about the continuation of my project which now enters the cleaning phase.


As I have said previously this drive was given to me in a rather aweful state, a state that I think came about from it being previously owned by or used in the vicinity of a heavy smoker. It also probably didn't help that it had been stored in a garage either. The outer casing which normally is an off white colour looked more like a chocolate brown colour, that then had dirty, greasy finger marks left on it.


The first thing I did was to soak it in a normal household cleaner for a while and then scrub it with one of those course, material based pot and pan scrubbers. I left it for a while and then wiped it over with a sponge and water, repeating the process a few times. That almost got the casing clean, but not quite, so this time I used Jiff and the pot scrubber. This removed the last of the dirt and the paintwork was once again that off white colour. Unfortunately there are quite a few scratches in the paintwork so it sure isn't perfect, however it looks heaps better than before.


Stupid me forgot to take a before picture, however here are the pics of the case, now cleaned.

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