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| (...) I use a 1/8 part bleach to 7/8 parts water to soak lighter colored parts for a REALLY long time -- like a week or two. White and grey elements lose stains and yellowing and come out pretty nice. Experiment with other colors at your own risk (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | How to make old white legos clean again?
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| Hi everybody... I'm looking for advice!!?? Does any one have a good way (that doesn't ruin the lego) to make old dirty looking white bricks look new again? does bleach work? etc... please let us all know if you have a good way to do it!! Thanks, Dan (24 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| A few weeks ago a family member sent me a big box of old legos that I had played with as a kid (we're talking 26 yr old lego - boy guess that dates me doesn't it). I was so excited to see those blue rails, red lattice fences and neat old windows. I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | In Praise of Brasso (was: Cool Score -- "Vintage" LEGO!)
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| (...) Brasso, indeed! I bought a tin of Brasso last night at Wal*Mart for under $3 and tried it out. It easily removed the black magic marker (except where the ink had been worked into cracks, scratches, and tooth marks) in less than a minute per (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The other day I was quite stupid. I had just inherited my brothers old LEGO sets (mostly old 80's castle sets) and I was cleaning them (they can get moldy if you try hard enough.. amazingly bleach does little to affect the color or printing (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) This IS the solution. Replace the SEALs with Timmy's and Jar Jar's and let them experience the pains of hitting the tarmack at over 200 mph the uh-60 c. problem.... I don't have my Timmy or Jar Jar's. I burned them for heat all when i got (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, 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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| 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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| "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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| 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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| (...) 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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