I cant believe it’s been almost 2 months since I took the StyleWriter II apart. I guess I’ve ben busier than usual with the holidays and all.

Anyway, down to business. I picked up more 30% H2O2 this weekend and set out to restore it. Here’s the work flow:

If you’ve been following along, you know that the StyleWriter II was last left as a pile of loose plastic and electronics.



I prepared another peroxide bath and proceeded to dip the lot. I also took this as an opportunity to dip the Macintosh SE keyboard again. Some of the keys were still pretty yellow and could have used a second dipping.



Mmmm, bubbly! I forgot to add the corn starch this time. Silly me. All I got was foam, but it did the job. I left that parts soaking all day and brushed on the solution every hour or two.



As far as the reassembly went, it was pretty easy. I rinsed and dried off all the parts and then just followed along with the pictures from the disassembly, but backwards.

I want to blow thought this quickly so I can focus on the before and after pictures.

With that said, I started with the base.



I then added the power supply and main assembly.



I reassembled the paper tray.



I put all the gears back on and attached it to the main assembly.



I then attached the back cover...



... followed by the front cover.



I put the I/O port cover back on.



Inserted the bottom paper tray.



And finished up by attaching the front door.



Now for some before and after pictures!

Before: Overall slight yellowing. Very dirty.



After: Color is better, cleaner.



Before: Very, very dirty.



After: Much cleaner.



Before: You can see the slight yellow tone.



After: Original “platinum” color restored.



Before: The bottom paper tray is gross.



After: Clean.



Before: Dirty inside front door.



After: Clean.



Before: Same as the back. Dirty and toned.



After: Now, all clean and platinum.



Before: Very dirty, yellow.



After: All clean, almost.



Before: Gear assembly



After: All clean, almost.



Before: Paper tray



After: Paper tray



Before: Back label panel



After: Back label panel