r/PSP • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

How do I clean the yellow out of that rubber?

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u/MOMGETTHEWEED 1d ago

hydrogen peroxide cream should work and some hours onto the sun/uv light. But if you can, take It out before doing that.

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u/bisky12 1d ago

yes it can weaken the plastic surrounding it 

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u/NiceAwarenessBum PSP-3000 1d ago

Reshell rubber is ass

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u/HappyAd4998 1d ago

Mine isn't a reshell and it looks exactly like OP's.

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u/matsumotoe 1d ago

I'd just buy another from ali. It's just a few screws. And you can change the battery or do the vita battery mod while you're in there.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

I was looking on aliexpress for 'psp go rubber strip' but found nothing, do you have a link maybe?

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u/Aulbitr 1d ago

Think they mean a new shell or back plate.

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u/aCrustyBugget 23h ago

If you have a 3D printer or know someone with a 3D printer you could use this.

thingiverse

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u/Imaginary_Swing_13 1d ago

I ain't gonna lie it looks good with it

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u/Alert_Dingo_4504 1d ago

You're not alone my friend

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u/Miserable-Comb-3109 1d ago

That’s what I was gonna say. It’s a nice accent imo

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u/HappyAd4998 1d ago

It looks piss yellow in person trust me it doesn't look good. I'm in the same boat as OP but I don't care enough to use hydrogen peroxide

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u/prine_one 1d ago

Just keep as is. It gives the system a nice patina.

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u/jlkb24 1d ago

You can buy replacement rubber grips in many colors. They’ll peel off and then stick the new one on.

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u/KlingonBeavis 1d ago

Even if you do successfully retrobrite or oxidize it out, it’ll just come back over time. If it bothers you, probably less trouble to replace the back casing entirely

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u/Surfacner 1d ago

But the new rubber will also oxidize fast. Specially low quality ones

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u/yolenco 1d ago

That rubber is not yellowed, the color faded away 😭

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u/Surfacner 1d ago

Ok for the people asking to reshell this is a pearl white go, if OP intends to keep this specific colour they will have a hard time getting an aftermarket replacement of this specific variant It say just use the retrobright method Hydrogen peroxide in front of an UV light source for some hours, just like it was commented before.

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u/No_Reference_3719 1d ago

The original strips are transparent - the yellowing you're seeing is not ageing of the strip - it's discolouration of the contact-adhesive underneath the strip - not the strip itself.

To clean them properly, you must remove the strips, then bathe/rub them in isopropyl and scrub the contact-adhesive from the bottom of the strip. Then you can re-glue them - beware, most contact glues are yellowish and acrylates will trash the plastic casing - so, my advice, it's better to buy some thin, double-sided adhesive-pads instead and cut them to shape using a craft-knife.... or just replace the strips with new replicas which come with everything in a pack - isopropyl-wipes, new rubber grips, adhesive-pads. The OG pads are better quality than 3rd -party replacements.

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u/Junny89 1d ago

You don’t, it’s plastic just yellowed out. I bought another 3d printed part off Etsy to replace these. They just pull off

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u/Glittering_Finance_4 1d ago

Just buy a new back plate.

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u/barelyalan 1d ago

Not possible, they sell replacements on eBay/aliexpress but for the price you could just reshell it