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Re: Lego in Fish-tanks
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lugnet.build
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Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:36:26 GMT
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"Eric Sophie" <Legomaster@gobi.com> writes:
> In lugnet.build, Mike Timm writes:
> > On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 06:03:31 GMT, "Eric Sophie" <Legomaster@gobi.com>
> > > P.S. At the time my Mom let me have another fish tank, because I promised
> > > not to feed the fish peanut butter again. I told her that the fish looked
> > > hungry!
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> > Getting back to the original subject, I know this has come up before
> > and I believe the consensus was you want to use clean bricks, well
> > rinsed. New bricks have mold release, a sort of oil. This could be
> > bad for the fish :^)
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> Yep, definitely clean really well any items you introduce to fish tanks.
> Mold release? oil? huh...that's interesting. Thanks....Eric
I think it's more of a wax. It's why new bricks don't stay together
very well. But if you give them a thorough washing they become less
slippery and stick together better.
The mold release is a waxy substance that lines the insides of the
mold, I think. When they inject the plastic into the mold they need
to be able to remove the finished brick from the mold after it hardens
and cools. Without the mold release it might act as a glue to hold
the parts of the mold together, and you couldn't get the brick out.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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| Yep, definitely clean really well any items you introduce to fish tanks. Mold release? oil? huh...that's interesting. Thanks....Eric (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.build)
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