Restore your 1970s Polaroids
Polaroid SX-70, Type 100, and Time-Zero photographs from the 1970s fade and shift colour faster than any other format. Our AI reverses decades of yellow cast in seconds.
From 10 credits ($1.00) per photo · 12-month validity
How it works
From upload to download in three simple steps.
1. Upload
Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB. The clearer the original scan, the better the result.
2. AI processes
Our AI analyses your photo and applies the appropriate model. Most jobs finish in under a minute.
3. Download
Compare before / after, then download the high-resolution result. Your originals are never used to train AI models.
See the difference
A faded family scan repaired and colourised by Photo Repair Lab — no slider tricks, just the real result.
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Restored & ColourisedPolaroids fade faster than anything else
Polaroid chemistry was optimised for speed and convenience, not longevity. SX-70 photographs from 1973 onwards typically develop a heavy yellow-orange cast within twenty years, lose contrast, and acquire fine surface scratches from being slid in and out of wallets and albums. Some Type 100 peel-apart photographs have unstable cyan dyes that drop out entirely, leaving a magenta-dominant image.
Our AI handles all common Polaroid fade patterns — yellow cast, cyan dropout, magenta shift, and pink overall haze — and reconstructs a balanced tonality. If the original image was in good condition before the fade, restoration recovers nearly all of the detail.
Keep or remove the white Polaroid border?
Polaroid's thick white bottom border is iconic and many people want to keep it. Our restoration model preserves the border and corrects only the image area, so you get the recovered photograph with the original frame intact. If you prefer a borderless print for framing, use our Photo Editor to crop after restoration.
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Complete the project
Restoration is usually step one. Here’s what most people do next.