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| I used Brasso to take off the UFO junk. I don't consider it ruining the piece, I consider it saving the piece from TLG's ruining it by making it useable only within the UFO Theme. I really hate theme-specific printing on stuff, with the possible (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space)
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| Hi Nick, Thanks for the additional info. I haven't used nevr dull on a textured slope, just the smooth transparent pieces and a smooth black piece from the police headquarters. I just tried it on a stars wars x-wing smoked canopy and it came out (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Is there any reason why you attacked the canopy? That's one piece where I like the printing... (...) Agreed, but I prefer printing to stickers (and I especially prefer printing to STAMPs) for control panels and the like. Stickers would have (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) ~ quit yer winnin' soldier! this WAR! _war_ against the pre-printed goofy faces that limit our building options! ;-)> if you thought the mc-d's slopes were tough, try doing this to a dozen aqua slopes from rock raiders. these textured slopes (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Would this work on transparent printed pieces? Would the piece still be transparent? I am hoping to do this to the new Castle (stained glass) windows. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Davidson (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Yes, it would work. It would probably remove scratches and stuff, too. -- Paul Davidson John DiRienzo <ig88888888@stlnet.com> wrote in message news:Fn3IMu.4F7@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) expected. (...) furiously. (...) but (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Experimenting with Brasso (tm)
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| I tried letting some pieces sit awhile and soak, but it didn't seem to matter. -- Paul Davidson Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Fn3IDo.3qo@lugnet.com... (...) expected. (...) furiously. (...) but (...) be (...) That (...) off (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hmmm... If I can get some of this stuff, I'll try it on a 1x8 brick I have. This brick was left in the sun for so long that it has yellowed to the point of beinging virtually the same color as the beige bricks. Jeff P.S. It was part of a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Is this something that one could mechanise? Ala a buffing wheel or the like. Purely hypotehtical question for me, the thought of actually removing printing (even happy meal printing) makes me blanch, Blanche! (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <3861FCB1.2A906B6F@vfaq.com>... (...) MAYBE an electric toothbrush could "do the job." (...) -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Hooray! Hooray! Its Y2K! A new (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <snip> heehee Tom I hope that was a Timmy : ) Ya'll might want to try a product called nevr-dull, it comes in a small blue tin can and has the "polish" suspended in a kinda cotton wad. you ought to wear gloves of some type but it takes the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| The clouding up is actually supposed to happen. If you read the directions, you are supposed to apply it and then buff it off after it dries. It is intended mainly as a polish, but we happen to use it to clean and remove dirt and other stuff. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Man, when I think of the amount of time I spent on the ufo quarter circles, with rubbing alcohol and gum erasers, and Brasso would have taken the decal of in 2-3 minutes. I have tried it, and it works great! I would not use Q-Tips, though. I tried (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I've found that Formula 409 does a good job at taking off paint as well, and it's not as destructive as Brasso (honestly, I've never used Brasso on Lego parts, so I don't know how destructive it really is--just going by other posts here). It (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, (...) Wow!!! Great tip!! Last weekend I bought Brasso and I used it to polish some windows that I have. They were all with the same amount of scratches. You almost couldn't see through them. I took some pictures of them, before and after (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Do a search on the newsgroups for Brasso to see opinions and methods for removing printing. (Brasso seems to be a fairly common product used.) Do you mean how to remove minifig arms? Just grab the arm and gently pry it away from the body. They (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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