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Re: Cleaning used Lego
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 29 Oct 2001 17:49:59 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Stephen Altbacker wrote:
> > I do not clean printed bricks, or bricks with labels, or other "delicate
> > pieces by soaking overnight. I recommend cleaning these pieces "gently" by
> > hand.
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> Believe me, printed bricks (other than some early ones) can absolutely
> safely be soaked. • <snip>
> Frank
The only thing I've found really detrimental to printed pieces is silly
putty, which I briefly considered as a cleaning agent. Yes, it gets dust
and grime off and is really cool for recreating scenes from the blob with
your legos but it did pull all the gold off of classic space minifigure torsos.
Detergent, while not as fun, is perfectly safe.
Allen D. Carley
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| (...) Believe me, printed bricks (other than some early ones) can absolutely safely be soaked. I have never had a printed brick be damaged, even when soaking for several weeks (yea, sometimes I get a bucket of LEGO soaking and then run out of time (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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