Pickle: I suggested this on another occasion where a guy used some spirits on a power book and turned it grey.
Plastic is made out of oil. When you use strong solvents you dry up the essential oils in the plastic, Kind of like when someone sets a glass of bourbon on your polyurathane or varnished coffee table and the alchohol turns your table smokey white. The black on the rag when you're cleaning it is just oxydation from heat, sun etc. and should be expected. Use soap and water to clean them with. Then, go to Pep Boys and pick up some Mothers brand "Back to Black" It's not black, it's not a die. It's an essential oil replenisher that brings back the original color.Then, keep it clean with something Endust or some other oil base dusting compound. I don't think they're coated, I may be wrong but I think they're cast in black. If it doesn't work, shame on me. Good Luck and Happy Cleaning Jim ------------------------- the pickle wrote: > At 22:13 -0400 on 13/08/02, Matt Jordan wrote: > > >When I cleaned it with water, brown dust came off. When I cleaned it > >with IPA the towel turned midnight-black and the case immediately began > >to fade everywhere the towel touched. I can even see the outline of > >towel in the computers casing. > > Wow. > > >Maybe the FAQ should include a little addition on cleaning a Mac TV. I > > Yeah, as in "Don't." > > Anyone know what that coating is? > -- > > the pickle -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
