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Re: My forestmen loss
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Date: 
Thu, 6 Apr 2000 17:17:31 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:

> For smokey LEGO, you only need to do Pine-Sol soak and then a soap
> washing, no need to do a soap cycle before the Pine-Sol (though I
> suppose if the pieces are extremely grungy it might be worth it). I also
> sometimes do an extra soap soak before or after the long one (I've
> actually taken to always doing a quick soap wash after the long soak,
> the long soak does a good job of softening stuff, but it helps to wash
> everything in a fresh wash solution afterwards.

What I now do (now that I've learned my lesson :) is to fill up the
upstairs bathroom sink with warm water, dump the legos in there,
and then pump a few spurts of Dial antibacterial soap in.  I swirl it
around, let it sit for an hour, rinse, and the smoke smell is totally
gone.

> What's unfortuanate is that there is a good LEGO seller on eBay who
> often sells new parts, who smokes like a chimney (or at least someone in
> the household does). I usually have to run the packaging immediately out
> of the house the reek is so bad.

Yes...  There are some people who have picked up on this and list their
Lego auctions as "smoke-free', and I'm willing to pay slightly more to avoid
the hassle and all-around grossness of smoke-encrusted bricks.  I can
usually tell if someone's a smoker when I first pick up the box, before even
opening it.  Ick.  :)

Chris (who would set Follow-up headers if he new what group this belonged in)

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Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message news:38ECC6AB.25D11A...orn.com... (...) Aren't you afraid than when you let the water out, you'll loose a brick down the drain. I soak mine in a dishpan. The smaller pieces I have (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)  

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(...) For smokey LEGO, you only need to do Pine-Sol soak and then a soap washing, no need to do a soap cycle before the Pine-Sol (though I suppose if the pieces are extremely grungy it might be worth it). I also sometimes do an extra soap soak (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)  

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