It was  generic thinner, btw the thinner smell it's still on the shell.
I noticed that even the screw holes are damaged, not by the thinner itself, when I took it apart I saw Philips screws, it split up pretty easily but the holes are totally f*cked up so yeah the thing it's pretty much useless

Wow, brb, doing this to one of mine. Looks awesome.

Looks like marble.

Anyway, the time and money you will need to spend restoring if won't match up to buying a new case.

Omg that looks so sick! What kind of thinner was it dipped in, what was the name of it? Or was it just generic paint thinner?

I think too that looks great this way but maybe it's just the picture!

I think that actually looks really sweet

I think Ur fucked bro. Just buy a third party replacement shell and switch them out. Any color you want.

I might try removing the discolored layer, I can't make it any worse.
The acetone bath looks a little too risky

You could also try an acetone bath to get a gloss back too, but it's not easy.

the thinner didn't remove the color, it just damaged the finish and discolored the plastic. you can get the original color back with fine grit sandpaper to remove the discolored layer and then attempt to buff it to a shine again, or spray it with clear coat.

This is what it looks like: http://m.imgur.com/tIgZK7a
BTW, I don't plan on buying a new shell since the internals are a little damaged, I might just buy a new Game Boy

I'm curious what that looks like. If you want the original color back, you should probably just swap the shell. It shouldn't be much for a replacement

Hi, today I bought a turquoise game boy color for next to nothing (5$ MXN) it's on terrible condition because someone in my family put the shell on thinner with the intention of cleaning it but it just take off all the color the shell had.

Does anyone have an idea of what to do for restoring the shell to the original color?