This retrobrighting session on this M100 took two days, BTW. It was probably really done in a day but I thought the M100 was naturally much whiter than it actually is so I left it for another day. It doesn’t seem like you can really overdo it. I have done retrobrighting on some really yellowed Tomy robots for over a week before.
Scott M. From: Scott McDonnell Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] Retrobrighting. To do or not to do? Those are not the exact models that I bought. I just went back through my Amazon order history and what I bought was actually two 10W lamps. There was no concern about power. I just bought whatever was the cheapest. 50W is fine and would likely work much faster. I do my retrobrighting in the garage which gets well over 120 degrees in the summer here in Florida. These lamps are not going to reach those temps, so I wouldn’t worry about it. So, in short, go with the 50W if you can afford it. I wasn’t sure the UV LEDs would even work so I didn’t want to invest much in the experiment. I should probably upgrade mine as well. If you are going to use an inverted milk crate (plastic ones I bought at Walmart for a couple bucks) the only consideration really is the size of the lamps. I have mine just hanging from the top, but it would probably be better to mount them in the corners to get some light on the sides. When I have done parts that were a bit bigger or too deep, I prop the milkcrate up on 2x4s. I will take a picture later if the description sounds confusing. I really need to revisit it, honestly and find something a little bigger than a milk crate. Scott M.
