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Does anyone know what causes yellowing without sunlight?
marvelvscapcom2:
Any intense heat in that cabinet? Maybe the glossy paper used on wii games has melted on the surface and caused color to shift. Thats my only guess. But alas im not sure I've seen yellowing of all manner. And fading of print ink. Early on collecting I placed giant wool blankets over my windows. With the lights off they get minimal light at all. And they seem ok.
Idk how on earth that could happen in a dark closet. I'm also fairly sure moisture wouldn't cause it. no warping. No splits or creasing. If the moisture was exteme enough to soak the whole paper. Itd have to have done all of them as well as manuals. Warping. Ive seen white inserts as old as 10 to 30 yrs old with warping and little cracks from moisture.
Is it possible the games had that before you put them in there and you just didn't recall back then?
Also one thing I found out that mind blew me. Is that LED bulbs can cause fading. I always thought it was only sun. If you have an LED bulb close enough to games or cardboard. On constantly. It will fade the area somehow. Happened to some of my funko pops. Had them under a string rope light around my ceiling so they would glow from under. Pretty crazy. Happy I learned fast.
I reccomend moisture bags or a dehumidifier all together. Put some baking soda in the closet. Some silica packets in the cabinet and replace yearly. About 10 bucks for some on amazon.
Best of luck. Hopefully someone helps you find the culprit :)
sworddude:
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--- Quote from: tharrington1114 on March 14, 2025, 12:26:02 am ---Hello, I have been collecting video games for years now and I have noticed that my Wii games paper artwork have turned an off white / yellow color (not the plastic case) and I have been wondering why? I store my games in a storage cabinet and closet in my room that is temperature controlled away from sunlight and I don't smoke? None of my games have any warping or waviness but could moisture or heat still cause this? I really care for my games condition and want to prevent the yellowing to happen again.
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post some pictures on imgur and post em on the forum. Show us how bad this issue is. or if it's barely noticable.
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Here is a link for the photo sorry for the delay. Its been stopping me from collecting lately. Its most noticeable on my 3DS and Wii games. I'm unsure if its moisture or not as there isn't a single sign of warping of the paper or plastic. The plastic case is still bright white strangely. Only seems to be affecting the artwork.
https://imgur.com/a/ltsjfhK
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that's quite noticable. I'm speculating decent heat and moisture combo. It's not normal I'll say that much. otherwise we'd be seeing this everywhere in the wild.
I personally only see it from fleamarket vendors that have their old stash that they carry around to multiple fleamarkets but even than quite rare. It's mainly sunfade as an issue.
and like Marvel said you using any led lights to display the collection or that closet dark?
also just to be sure it's not the plastic being dirty? I assume you already removed the art work from the cases to see if those actually turned yellow or not?
You can find some dirty ass wii cases, but if you remove the actual art work from the cases. the art work is still white
bizzgeburt:
I guess all participants agree on white being a problematic choice for consoles/games/packaging as soon as you choose to try preserving it ;D
sworddude:
--- Quote from: bizzgeburt on March 20, 2025, 10:34:59 am ---I guess all participants agree on white being a problematic choice for consoles/games/packaging as soon as you choose to try preserving it ;D
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White can easily get dirty, pretty fragile. Take that in combination with wii being a kid console and you got a recipe for disaster.
The amount of abuse wii games get is insane :P
puddingm:
oxygen / moisture / light in the house
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