Two New (to me) iMac G4's (1.25GHz, 2GB's RAM)

Recently acquired 2 used iMac G4's, both the same specification with the exception of the screen size (17" and 20"). The 20" was shipped with the original box the other wasn't.
Both are in near mint condition absolutely no blemishes and work flawlessly. The bases aren't quite as white as a New one.....and that leads me into my question. What's the best to clean with to bring back to a bright white. I read that Mr Clean Magic Eraser would do the trick. Any ideas or recommenditations?
Also should I disassemble to clean out the dust that's surely accumulated?
Thanks

a brody wrote:
I wouldn't as the base has vents which could easily get clobbered by the wrong cleaning material. Let them be a dirty. Disassembly of these machines is not easy. They are among the first to utilize cooling gel on the logic board. Bring it in for service to an authorized technician if you feel it is not operating to spec and if you can get the hardware test CD, that will help a lot. Otherwise Techtool Pro can give you a good hardware analysis, if you can find a 10.5 PowerPC compatible version.
Assuming thermal paste is what your referring when you say "cooling gel", I'm aware that the thermal paste has to be replaced when opening up the computer (I replace the thermal paste on my Black Macbook).
I figured at some point I will upgrade the RAM and possibly the HDD which would be a good time to knock the dust off the old girl. I really love the G4 iMac (sure wished Apple would make a modern version). If Apple made a modern version of the G4 iMac I would be in line with money to spend.
Do you see any problem in erasing the current (factory installed 160GB) HDD and install Leopard as a fresh install. After reading several post about issues installing, is why I ask. I figured as long as my retail version of Leopard is good and I can boot and partition the HDD using the Leopard install disk to APM I wouldn't have any issues. I do NOT have the original install disk.
BTW, Cleaning the White outer dome is what I'm referring to when I asked about cleaning
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