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Re: Wax removal?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 8 Mar 1999 14:27:52 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:
> Kevin Wilson writes:
> > > I thought about introducing a low heat to melt the wax so it can wipe >off, • but I'm not sure what the heat tolerance of Lego really is.
> >
> > No, don't do that! Put it in the freezer, which will make the wax very
> > brittle and it should come off much easier.
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> Larry's delicate-cycle double bag and this both sound like a good ideas,
> though I would opt not for any added heat here because wax often has dye in
> it, and I would not want to introduce any further heat to risk any (possibly
> further) discoloration. If you cool them down, use your fingers to pick off
> the bigger wax pieces, and try a soft plastic brush for the rest so you don't
> scratch pieces. I use a dishbrush that won't scratch teflon and that seems to
> work.
Try using discarded women's panty hose/nylons. That was what I saw recently on a
Cable TV show for removing wax. I would agree that first freeze and then break
away the large pieces. And I don't think that panty hose would scratch the LEGO.
Gary Istok
> I don't really know about colder temps, but Lego begins to not like
> temperatures above 104º F, as the old instruction manuals for the boats say
> (don't know if the newer ones do). Dishwashers are meant to sterilize plates
> and that means they use hot water from your water heater, which is often
> heated at and even beyond 140º F, plus the dishwasher has a heating element of
> its own to make steam! Yikes!
>
> -Tom McD.
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| (...) but I'm not sure what the heat tolerance of Lego really is. (...) Larry's delicate-cycle double bag and this both sound like a good ideas, though I would opt not for any added heat here because wax often has dye in it, and I would not want to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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