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Re: My forestmen loss
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Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:38:24 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jonathan Reynolds writes:
> Using the soak/soap technique already mentioned I also found that a dish-
> scrubbing brush helped but was VERY VERY time consuming. Some bricks just
> would not clean up like the others and it soon dawned on me that these bricks
> were actually discoloured due to age or whatever. White plates seem to be the
> worst culprits here.
Actually, some of those culprits are probably older CA bricks & plates, which
were used for Lego before they switched to ABS. Presumably, one of the
reasons they switched from CA is because it is much more susceptible to UV
warping and discoloring. Check out Gary Istok's semi-informal "History of
Lego" articles:
http://www.lugnet.com/?p=history-of-lego
James
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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