HOW TO RESTORE CARDBOARD BOX: refurbishing a vintage Atari Jungle Hunt box from the 80's

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00:00 Introduction
00:35 what's wrong with the box?
01:00 un-du solvent
01:43 opening box seam
02:25 opening inner cartridge holder
03:51 what does hygroscopic mean?
06:16 putting box in humidity chamber
06:42 flattening the box
07:49 using a glue stick?
08:11 small repair with craft paper
08:35 reversing clothespins
08:49 regluing
09:00 completed box

[@retiredhappy466]

Looking forward to trying this method out on several vintage 40s & 50s Lionel train boxes. They were in a damp basement for 40 years untouched but semi smashed.

[@gregmerner3632]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing. I'm an instant fan!

[@readiysteadiy]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@michaelcarey]

Thank you for the instructive video! I've got some old Commodore 64 cartridge and software boxes that have been squashed in storage. I know they won't look like new when "restored", but hopefully I can bring back some structure to them. They also have some missing tabs which will be hard to replicate. It looks like the good Un-Du adhesive remover is available in Australia 🙂

[@PURPLE_HAZE.de.]

Did you restore it ? Also, do you suggest on cleaning the surface of the box Maybe with furniture polisher or wax ? .. also got price sticker thingy on my Bender bright N shiny. Not sure how to remove it without damage😭

[@weskarcher483]

Just iron the seam on cotton setting and it will basically slide apart like butter.

[@PURPLE_HAZE.de.]

Helloo😊Do you suggest cleaning the surface of the box with furniture polisher, and can i use acrylic colours to fill out the spots where color is damaged?

[@rylch44]

Very well done!!!

[@readiysteadiy]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-rr4pu9ex9s]

I have a rather large Major Matt Mason box that is thick cardboard is there anything that needs to be done differently on it compared to the small box in the video? It was stored in our attic for many years and is dry and brittle. Thanks.

[@chriscrai]

Liked and scribed to help you out. Comment to maybe help both of us. I'm a broke grad student so I can't hire your services, but I have a 2005 "Three Dragon Ante" deckbox that's in pretty good condition, but I want to preserve it. It would be cool if you did a video on the repair, preservation, and potential reinforcement as you see fit.

[@RandomTask1207]

No worries about the paper archival qualities of the school glue stick?

[@NJ-Jack]

How would you adapt this to a board game box?

[@truehallucinations]

classic Canadian hockey puck method 😂

[@MagicTheKrakening]

best to use an blade instead of un-do to deconstruct the box.