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I don't think LUGNET has had any discussions about this in quite some time.
How do -you- clean your LEGO parts?
I'm interested in learning people's techniques, particularly ones that clean a
lot of parts at once with little effort.
LEGO that's been on display just a short time can be cleaned with compressed
air. But for displays that have been sitting out for long periods, the dust
tends to stick, so you need to get more aggressive.
Then there's the issue of cleaning large quantities of parts that you bought
from your neighbor's garage/rummage sale or from eBay. I'm always concerned
about how dusty/sticky/whatever those foreign parts could be.
How do you dry them after they're cleaned? Water usually stays trapped in the
small crevices because of surface tension and takes forever to evaporate. This
can also leave soap marks.
I've tried the warm soapy water and toothbrush method and the
swish-around-in-a-bathtub method, but they're both time-consuming and hard to do
with small pieces. It seems to me that using a washing machine or a dishwasher
could work, but I've never tried it due to scratches the parts could acquire and
potential heat issues.
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| (...) Tooth brush is what I use to be very careful, and an old electric tooth brush. For large amounts I use the dish washer on delicate, cold water, bricks in a girly stuff bag, no drying. I take them out and put them under a fan after laying them (...) (16 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) I use washing machine. I pre-sort the parts, plates longer than 8 go out, anything printed/glass/sticke...d/electric goes out, and also the things from softer plastic should go (trees, clips etc.). Then I put it in cloth bag (old pillow), (...) (16 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) I run them in the dishwasher, on the top rack in mesh bags. I even use the heat. It's never been a problem. To dry the bricks, I put them in the food dehydrator. It's one of those stackable models with a big pile of trays. I distribute the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) The same way you dust them - blast the crevices with canned air. This can be expensive given that canned air is not cheap and bricks will go flying if you don't hold them down, but it's fast and easy. EJP (16 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) I would think that an ultrasonic cleaner as used in the jewelery business would work very well for cleaning LEGO parts-especially small ones. I have been thinking of buying one for my mineral specimens. They have come down in price over the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) I've always washed my parts in soapy water. I will usually put the parts in a bucket of soapy water at least overnight (sometimes several days). I separate out the chrome and stickered parts. I usually do some sorting, with the tiny parts and (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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| Actually you have you clean your pieces for one time. Mostly I used a nail brush. Off course time consuming but very effective. Just with hand warm water and soap is not necessary. I only wash my pieces when I just bought a party of used pieces. You (...) (16 years ago, 25-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| (...) I use a simple paint brush to clean off display dust. I've found that the kind with fairly soft bristles work pretty well. The brush I use most often is about 2½" wide. (...) Like others have said, soapy water works well. I have a large bowl (...) (16 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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