[sdiy] Prophet 5/10 grey button caps?

[Senso]

>On 10/14/2010 08:23 AM, Eric Frampton wrote:
>>Hey there -
>>
>>Anybody happen to know a source (or, if they're still made, a part 
>>number) for the grey button caps used on the Prophet 5 and 10? I 
>>don't need the switch, just the caps with the holes for the LED's - 
>>mine have turned brown (!) after a bit of exposure to some sunlight 
>>in the past.
>
>There's a lot of internet lore on brightening yellowed plastic, a 
>lot comes from research done by folks restoring old computers (C64, 
>Amiga, etc).
>
>Here's one site that seems to cover a lot of the techniques involved:
>
>http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/kitchen-and-bath/kitchenware/how-to-whiten-yellowed-plastic/
>
>Eric

He asked for reviving grey buttons. Apart from the fact the some of 
the tips on making yellowed plastic white again do simply not work (I 
haven't tried the peroxide yet and I don't know what comet is), none 
of the methods will help to restore an original grey. ;-)

But the story shows that you should protect your gear from direct 
sunlight (a cover!) when you want it to keep the original, fresh 
look. Some colored plastics don't mind a sun bath, others hate it. 
Juno 106 owners will know this for sure. On most of those panels the 
originally bright blue buttons have turned into a sickly green.

Senso

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