Whitening your yellowed Famicom

[Mo]

Has anyone tried it? I am thinking about respraying the case however there are a few things I need to know first.

Is the Case easy to take off?

Does the Cartridge Flap & Eject Lever come off easily?

What type of Spray Paint should I use?

I am fed-up of having a piss-coloured Famicom it looks nasty  .  I want it nice and white again 

[kite200]

everything's REALLY easy to take apart.

I wouldn't use any paint, however, as some paints are better than others.

I would paint with tamiya spray paints.

the other option is to look for a broken famicom that is relatively white and buy it cheap and take the top off for a body swap, this is what I recommend since spray paint WILL change the texture

[Mo]

Thanks Kite200, funnily enough I was think about using Tamiya paint as I'm into vintage r/c 4wd buggies. I will try and find a faulty Famicom to use as a donor but if that fails I will spray it.

At least I know it is easy to prep for painting.

Thanks again.

[MaxXimus]

You'd end up with warped thin melted pieces that don't fit together haha.

[nurd]

Not if you do it right.

[MaxXimus]

I didn't realise there was a propper way to blow torch a famicom.

[kite200]

again, that will ruin the texture. the famicom is not a smooth console, it has a bumpy texture.

that is the problem with spraying and sanding it.

again, the best thing to do is find a white broken one and case swap it

[Milky B]

you could try cleaning it with bleach and a green scruby.  or you could try just sitting it in bleach for a couple days.

[Paul-FC]

i used a green scruby and a little bleach now it looks great

[Mo]

Thanks for the advice guys. I have not done anything to it yet.  I think I will leave the piss colour yellow until I find a donor case.

[battra92]

Thanks for the advice guys. I have not done anything to it yet.  I think I will leave the piss colour yellow until I find a donor case.

I do have a broken Famcom I'm debating on parting out if I can't fix it. Unfortunately it's not too white either. Apparently tobacco is/was popular in Japan as a lot of the Famicom stuff I've gotten have tobacco gunk on it. 

[Mo]

I have heard that a lot of old consoles discolour due to a chemical in the plastic that is meant to protect them from fire. Exposure to UV also can discolour them.  I have a Super Famicom and it is still a nice grey and not yellow however, my US Snes bottom half is yellow and the top is still purple 

[MaxXimus]

I have a broken famicom clone which has the identical design on the famicom, and it is not really yellow.

[133MHz]

my US Snes bottom half is yellow and the top is still purple 

That's because the bottom half is made from the yellow-prone plastic and the top is not.

[satoshi_matrix]

only the controller ports of my SNES are yellowed. Is there any way to change it?