in the tags of my last post i mentioned how a lot of Rainbow 100 CRTs get very moldy and i wanted to make a longer post about it since its not something i see talked about very often!
as you can see from the images above/below, mold can grow between the CRT itself and the glass protector screen used in older CRTs. im not entirely sure why, but it seems like sometimes the glue holding the protective glass on can retain a lot of moisture. the good news is that this can (usually) be fixed!
though this may vary between models, generally the steps are to (SAFELY) take the CRT apart, apply heat to the front of the screen (around 50°C will work) using a heat gun or a hairdryer to soften the glue, carefully separate the two pieces using a scraping tool, and scrape + wipe the rest of the moldy glue off.
(THIS IS BY ABSOLUTELY NO MEANS A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO DOING THIS YOURSELF. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE CRTS APART OR DO ANY MAINTENANCE ON THEM UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE DOING. AS CUTE AS THEY ARE, CRTS ARE NOT TOYS. THEY CAN HURT YOU.)
here is a Rainbow 100, the same moldy one from the previous two images, all cleaned up :-)
