Surely it has happened to you that you have had that transparent cover that's yellowish and you have been in a hurry to clean it because of how dirty it appears to be. Today we are going to show you how to clean the transparent cover and also make it clear why it happens.
And it is true that knowing the reason that take that yellowish tone is going to be one of the ways in order to try to make it last longer; Although we can always go for a higher quality cover, but yes, it carries a greater expense with this type of protection for the mobile. Let's do it with the famous yellowish covers.
Steps to clean a yellowish transparent cover
First of all, we must avoid all kinds of miraculous liquids and those that can inflict even notorious damage in the holster. Perhaps instead of cleaning the cover we end up damaging it to go directly to the purchase of another; well, if it is one euro ... nothing happens either.
In the first method let's use bleach to try to eliminate that yellowish tone. In fact, bleach has always been used to bleach clothes, and it will also be used for the cover. The steps to clean the cover of our mobile are:
- We are looking for a bowl or container to use to fill it with water.
- We add a splash of bleach.
- We put the cover in the bleach water and leave it like that for an hour.
- Now we take some gloves that are used to clean the kitchen.
- We take a soft scourer or a sponge and we give the cover with the water itself with the remaining bleach.
- To improve the effect of the bleach water, we recommend that you move the cover to turn it over and the bleach takes effect.
- Finally we rinse the cover with water and dry it.
Another method that we can follow is:
- We take baking soda and with a little lemon juice We make a paste with which we will cover the mobile phone case.
- We leave about 30 minutes.
- Then rub with a sponge to leave the cover pristine and as it was before.
- We rinse with water and ready.
A third tip is to use hydrogen peroxide in a bowl with water and leave the cover again for 30 minutes. We will follow the same instructions as in the two previous tricks and to test if we leave it clean. It will also depend if we have never cleaned the cover, so do not give up.
So you can clean the transparent silicone sleeve that it has that damn yellowish tone and that makes our mobile not look so much. And what I said, if not, you can choose to buy a new one for a few euros and apply those recommendations to wash it at least once a week.
Why does a transparent cover turn yellow?
If we do not know the reason why things happen, we will have a difficult time trying to find a solution. More if possible in this case, since it is something notorious and known that those covers that we buy for a few euros over the months become yellowish, ¿¿and who wants a mid-range mobile with its beautiful design that it loses class and notoriety with that yellowish tone that covers it? Come on, nobody.
There is a main reason why this occurs and it has to do with our own body. Well, it is clear that we are all day with our mobile in our hands, unless we are a sybarite of voice commands and for some tasks we use the Google Assistant or Amazon Echo. But since it is not usually very like that, the truth is that our hands are all day fingering our brand new mobile, well, rather, our case.
The fact is that our skin leaves a series of traces and oils from our skin in direct contact with those transparent covers. That is, those oils that turn our beloved case into that yellow tone that on the first day looked totally new and transparent so that the design of our Android mobile could be seen.
If what was said we add the sweat of our hands, possibly the time in which it takes that yellow tone will decrease, so in a matter of weeks it can begin to appear to our sadness.
How can we prevent yellowish silicone sleeves?
There is a more than obvious remedy and is to be clean; something that due to COVID-19 we are exercising every day with hand washing. In fact, we could take advantage of that moment to clean the case of our mobile occasionally. If we do it periodically with soap water and then dry it properly, it is certain that that transparent cover will take longer to take on that yellowish tone.
Y if we are super clean and every day we do this actionWell, let's go, like the jets of gold. But we already taught you before how to clean that cover to eliminate that yellowish trace or tone. Has it been useful to you?
It's not because of the sweat that they turn yellow… it's just because of the type of material. I sell shells and some that are transparent and have been in the same bag for a long time for sale, just as in the past they have turned yellowish. In fact even some old toys that have changed their tonality (which are ornaments, so that they do not think that it is because the children have played and they got like that) ... it is the type of plastic in which they are made what they achieve with the time they turn yellow
They turn yellow due to the material itself, which degrades certain components with the mere passage of time and exposure to light, nothing to do with what the article says.
Needless to say, of the solutions listed, not even the first will work.
To whiten old plastics that have turned yellow or 40-volume hydrogen peroxide is usually used, smearing the paste on the object in kitchen wrap and leaving it in the sun for a few hours.
In this case it will not work because it is made of soft silicone and the only thing we are going to achieve is to soften and melt the case due to its exposure to the sun, this method is only recommended for hard plastic objects.
Come on, scratch your pocket, I'll buy you another cover and don't waste time with useless methods