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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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| | Re: Cleaning old Lego
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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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| | Re: Brasso?
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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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| | Re: Restoring old white and grey parts
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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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| | Re: Sun, time or smoke damage
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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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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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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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| | Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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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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| | Whitening yellowed bricks
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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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| | Some Lego cleaning experiments
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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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| | Re: Yellowed Bricks
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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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| | Re: Cleaning old Lego
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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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| | Re: Cleaning used Lego
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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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| | Re: FOTL
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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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| | 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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