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Re: My forestmen loss
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Thu, 6 Apr 2000 17:47:18 GMT
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Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message
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> Frank Filz wrote:
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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 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.
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> 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.
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 soaked in
a plastic collander and others in a mesh lingerie bag in the dish pan.
Lift the collander or mesh bag out and change the water several times to
rinse.
I use Orvis liquid soap that is used to wash Heirloom textiles/quilts to
soak and wash bricks. It is very gentle but effective. It is rinses
off/out completely- no residue. I don't know how it would be at removing
the aroma of smoke. It can be found at quilt shops in small bottles or in
gigantic ones at saddle shops. It is used to wash horses and sheep. The
large container lasts forever. I 'm on the last third of a bottle that I
got over 5 years ago. I have used it for regular laundry, washing my car,
and for washing my own hair when out of shampoo. It's a great product .
sheree
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| (...) Although always washing any Lego elements picked up from boot sales, charity shops etc I've found that the worst cases are those amongst my own collection which have been played with a lot. When I left the dark ages about three years ago I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) 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, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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