X-mas came early!
This guy needs a major cleanup, there was some greasy fluid coming from one of his elbows... I knew it was about 25" to 26" tall but this thing is gigantic! One of the wheels looks like it's starting to "melt" down/rub off so It looks like I'll be casting either slip over traction sleeves or making a mold of a good tire and casting the whole thing as one piece in urethane rubber or urethane plastic... The wheels appear to be around 3" everything about this thing is BIG! Sorry for the bad pic but my iPhone lens is all scratched up and there wasn't much light when I took the picture.
Thanks again to DJ Sures for the inspiration and tech know-how!! This is gonna be FUN!
More coming soon...
Happy holidays everyone!!
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Hey MikeDC, One way is to use this way... http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ I went with painting... jstarne1 might be using a modified technique.
@mikedc using 40 volume peroxide from sallys salon supply and the bleach whitener powder works excellent. I tried retro bright and that didn't work well at all. Here's a example pic if my second omnibot and the one I bleached. Looks like New!
@jstarne1 thank you very much! I will try and do that, too, once summer comes around (or at least spring) here in germany to have sufficient uv light. how do you prevent the writing ("Omnibot 2000" from fading? Did you put something on it to protect it? Toothpaste?
oem or better quality clearcoat for automotive use has UV blockers and seals the plastic to prevent discoloration.
@jstarne1 it's amazing how white that became! I'm really impressed. I have only painted my bots, i think it is time to start doing what you did instead
@dj thanks dj , im really happy this guy looks like new. maybe ill paint it candy red one day but ive really fallen for this original white. i have a exra bot i plan on bleaching too and maybe selling on ebay. maybe with the color restoration it will go for more.
@mikedc you could get a heat lamp / floodlight type bulb, they emit infra red and uv light. Plus i believe they sell uv type bulb you can use in standard sockets that have built in ballasts. Its just easy to sit it outside in the sun a few hours if its available lol. I done some whitening with a buddy in his basement this way for a radioshack robie robot.
@Randez. Hey man , how's the progress? Any cutting? Get a ezb yet? I know the Omnibot 2000 motors and gears are loud. You could dynamat them up and sound much more high tech. I know you said you went with paint so let's see some progress pics ! ;D