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In lugnet.general, Richard Schuit writes:
> To Richard Marchetti
> Does Brasso really help to clean the Lego pieces? I know I've got some
> reeeaallyy old technic stuff thats gone a funny off colour, particularly the
> yellow and white pieces......or am I just being naive by asking?
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 and post your results where it seems appropriate to do so. Yellow
would probably work out okay, but I have not tried it yet. The only ones I
ever detect stains on are the white and grey elements.
For general cleaning I use a mild mix of detergent to water as an initial soak
and then use a soft non-abrasive sponge and soft toothbrush for detail spots,
if need be. My detergent of choice is Simple Green, and I like the smell. One
caveat, metalic colored elements appear to actually be clear plastic that have
been annodized (sp?) or painted in some way, the point being the gold and
silver WILL come off in a water soak! Don't do it.
Brasso is used by non-purists to remove the printing from printed elements --
in the case mentioned yesterday by me, a ninja horse barding reveals an all
black barding. I have hardly ever seen one of these ninja bardings well
printed, so I am sacrificing this one to my sense of fun. I DO however have
one other ninja barding that looks sharp! I try to modify parts with great
care and consideration, trying to be sure that what I am trying to achieve
hasn't already been made by either Lego or a clone brand.
As to washing and cleaning and such: I try to wait until the piece looks ready
for the garbage can, or is in some other way intolerable, before just going
throught with it. I don't want to lose much valued parts to the washing
process...
-- Richard
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bleach
(score: 0.844)
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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
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bleach
(score: 0.842)
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A 1/4 part bleach to 3/4 parts water -- or some other milder conconction of
bleach to water -- used on white, grey, or clear bricks and left to soak for 1-
2 weeks will absolutely work. I have done it, I know it for a fact that it
works. The result is old, yet very clean, bricks. I don't know what happens
to other colors. Discoloration on other colors is not as obvious, I guess.
Actual dirt may be cleaned off with a good soak in "simple green" mixed with
water, and then brushed off with a soft toothbrush if need be, or merely
rinsed off after some marginal scrubbing with a sponge -- and not the side
with the scrub pad, just the plain old sponge part. Most people don't realize
that the scrubbing pad side of a sponge is abrasive enough to polish metal --
and indeed it is used for this purpose in jewelry making and sculpture.
Brasso is the stuff for nicks, scratches and removing printing, not whitening.
I am beginning to think that this question, and other modification questions,
come up so frequently that there REALLY ought to be a FAQ posted here on
Lugnet somewhere. And there really should be a customizing subgroup too.
Some of these methods of cleaning and so forth might be considered radical
enough as to constitute a modification of the element in question.
-- Richard
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(score: 0.840)
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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 was also pretty dismayed by how
dirty all of the lego was (didn't I ever wash my hands before playing
with my lego as a kid? - probably not :)
At any rate, I decided to try some cleaning experiments on a few old
white pieces and thought I'd share the results with you. All the pieces
were washed with a mild detergent and air dried before I did anything
else.
Buff that yellow patina off with Brasso - definitely did not work though
it did get out a lot of the nicks, scratches and yes, toothmarks :)
Get that yellow patina off with toothpaste (not the gel kind) -
definitely did not work, but it did give the pieces a very nice shine
and minty smell.
Bleach that patina out with bleach - nope, did not work. But I do have a
interesting polka dot pattern of splash marks on my jeans where I
accidently got bleach on them.
Sterilize the patina off with H2O2 - nope, did not work. But you could
probably eat off this batch of lego.
Polydent the patina off - definitely did not work. It ate the outer
layer off the lego. Yikes!
Salad vinegar the patina off - ok, so I admit this was the result of an
accidental spill. Still didn't work.
Well, those are my results so far. Anyone else try any other cleaning
experiments?
Jackie
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In lugnet.general, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
>
> > Unfortunately, the previous owner of this collection apparently ran out of
> > black bricks one day, because a good number of bricks have been colored in
> > with a magic marker. I am having limited results cleaning this off with
> > rubbing alcohol and an old toothbrush, but I would appreciate any cleaning
> > tips/suggestions that anyone might have...?
>
> Brasso. Use LUGNET's search engine.
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 afflicted brick. It also did well against a red substance that
could have been either nail polish or red ink from a ball-point pen. It was
less effective against oil-based paint, but I didn't buff all that hard yet.
Overall, the results were very good. Though a few bricks experienced some
dulling, most became quite shiny again. In those cases where the bricks got
dull, it seemed to be the result of impatience on my part, (buffing too
hard/too fast) so take your time! But in all cases, the bricks ended up in
better shape than they started.
Brasso wasn't so good at removing yellowed stains, but those are only apparent
on the white pieces that I assume can survive a little bleach. (Hmm... I'd
better be careful with that one, doesn't Brasso contain amonia?)
Not that Brasso needs any more "me too" testimonials up here on LUGNET, but it
worked great for me!
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bleach
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