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Re: How bad does fire damage Lego
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 02:46:48 GMT
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> As a Michigander/ganian (though an EMU undergrad and MSU grad) and a sufferer • of
> LEGO contamination, I feel your pain. I hadn't heard about the dorm • fire--which
> one was it?
The fire was in Hoekje Hall
(I'm in NJ, so they're still talking about Seton Hall; I hope it
> wasn't nearly that bad). I had a sewage issue, and I can tell you that sewage
> smell doesn't stick to LEGO once it's washed. The boxes, of course, were • another
> matter; fortunately most didn't get inundated, but the two that did were total
> losses (but not the pieces themselves).
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> Pieces may be washed in warm mildly soapy water as per TLG's own suggestion, • but
> again, boxes are trickier. How much soot is on the boxes? From my own fire
> experience, I was able to first brush off the soot and then use a very light
> solvent--a tiny spray of Windex, almost dry--on a soft cloth to wipe the • remaining
> streaks and soot marks off. Don't put the solvent right on the box as that • will
> cause it to blister, and don't use a cheap paper towel or rag as that will • scratch
> the box. It worked for other gloss-surface printed boxes, so I don't know why • it
> wouldn't work for LEGO boxes. In any case try it on a little box first, • something
> you're not too worried about.
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> Anyhow, just my suggestion, based on unscientific data on a LEGO box analogue.
> Good luck!
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> best
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> Lindsay
Well, I took your advise. I found that using a cloth dampened with a cleaning
solvent (I used the works,) and not brushing the loose soot off worked the
best. The first box I tried was one I planned on opening and I found that when
you brushed the soot off some of it tended to get trapped in the folds of the
cardboard. By just using the cloth it lifted the soot off. Of course it also
got the cloths dirtier faster so I was using a couple of clothes per box.
We've had a professional cleaning company here and the head guy overheard
some of my friends joking with me about having my lego cleaned. He came up and
informed me that he's cleaned his share of lego in the past and that they have
a specific machine that is designed to clean in small spaces like between
bricks. He said it was also capable of getting dirt and soot out of the bottom
of bricks. Which I know I've had problems accomplishing in the past.
Jeff
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| (...) Unless my Dutch is failing me, that means "[diminutive] corner hall" What a wierd name... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Jeff- As a Michigander/ganian (though an EMU undergrad and MSU grad) and a sufferer of LEGO contamination, I feel your pain. I hadn't heard about the dorm fire--which one was it? (I'm in NJ, so they're still talking about Seton Hall; I hope (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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