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posted on 3-3-2009 at 08:56
Retr0Bright old-plastic bleaching process
http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/
has an interesting technique for bleaching out the brown color from old plastic. Their theory is that the color is from bromine free radicals liberated from a fire-retardant additive.
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