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| Hi Lee, Wash the smoke damaged bricks in warm soapy water with a small amount of bleach. Let the bricks soak for a few hours. Rinse and let the bricks air dry on a towel. The bleach smell will fade after a few days and your bricks will no longer (...) (14 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| HI, I bought a Futuron space set that has some of the white pieces yellowed. I checked the FAQ and will try soaking them in a bleach solution to restore the colour. I'm concerned about the printed pieces though. Does anyone have experience on this. (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Bleach is great for dirt, but yellowing of ABS is caused by a chemical breakdown of the plastic molecules, not surface dirt. ABS is not UV-stable, and natural ABS (which has a milky beige color) will turn brown and brittle/powdery over time. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I do it as Dan suggested. (in previous mail) But, to add something to your question: Has anybody tried to bleach yellowed parts? (20 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have to agree. If you are looking at new brick from around the same time period, then I think LEGO tends to have a very high color consistency. (...) I can't speak for anyone else, but something to came to mind when looking at the discussion (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Hydrogen peroxide for bleaching Lego bricks?
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| Hi all, There have been various threads here discussing use of bleach for restoring yellowed white bricks, some with better success than others. But has anyone thought about using "green bleach", or hydrogen peroxide, to do the same? I recently (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| "James Casey" <waferthinninja@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H6JqE1.Eo4@lugnet.com... (...) You'll have limited success bleaching white parts, but grey and blue you have no chance, they will discolour even more in bleach. When I last tried, I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.general)
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| I bought a large collection of lego from someone, including some quite old stuff. Unfortunately, almost all the older white pieces have started to go brown, and the grey are slightly yellowy. The blue are also slightly discouloured but not too bad. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The FAQ addresses this: (URL) it possible to restore yellowed parts to their original color? From Richard Marchetti: Yes, for some colors, at least. Use 1/4 part bleach (or less) to 3/4 parts water and allow the parts to soak for 1 to 2 weeks. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.general)
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| I have a method that works well for "dirty/greasy" used LEGO... Soak the bricks in a solution of hot water and dishwashing detergent. Use one table spoon of detergent to one gallon of hot water. The water should not be too hot! If it hurts your (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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| I use the same method using a 5 gallon bucket. 1. 1-2 scoops (I use Electro sol DW crystals) in ~3 gallons of warm water. Mix thoroughly. 2. Add 2-3 gallons of LEGO, (after proper sorting of course) no more, or you will not have enough "stirring (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.general)
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| "Scott DeWolf" <sh0ker@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GIy7Mw.6Ar@lugnet.com... (...) bricks (...) reversable? (...) Some time back I put some discoloured parts in a sealed bin containing a strong solution of bleach. I meant to leave them there (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Frank Filz showed me a brick out of a sealed set from the 70's that had yellowed in the box, once opened over twenty years later. The box may have been near or in a store window, so it may have gotten UV through the box, but the parts in the same (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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| I've heard about people putting bricks in a solution of bleach for over a week to get rid of the "yellowing" of the white bricks. If anyone has details on this process, I'd like to hear them. I don't know about the problems with them not fitting (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Gary, I don't think that is the problem, because I started to play with LEGO in 1976 and I was living in Holland. So I am pretty sure that all my bricks are ABS. I suspect that even keeping ABS at room temperature the bricks change slightly over the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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