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Re: cleaning smokey Lego?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 7 May 2000 05:33:41 GMT
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Here's a little tip for cleaning lots of very small pieces (Like
technic bushings, 1/2 bushings, 1x1 plates, etc.) Save an empty
dishwashing detergent bottle with a squirt top. Put in all the pieces
and the soaking solution of your choice. Shake gently. After the
soak open the squirter and squirt out all the detergent. Remove the
top and CAREFULLY (so no parts float out of the top) fill with fresh
water. Replace the squirter, shake it a little, squirt out all of the
water, and repeat the rinse process as many times as needed to get rid
of the soap. After the final rinse dump the small parts out on a
towel and let em dry.
Thomas
On Sun, 7 May 2000 00:58:01 GMT, "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> > Eric McCarthy wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have a safe, fast way of removing cigarette smoke smell
> > > from Lego pieces?
> >
> > Here's what I have success with:
> >
> > 1. Plug the drain in the sink
> > 2. Fill with stinky Lego pieces
> > 3. Pump about three squirts of SoftSoap Antibacterial
> > hand cleaner onto the bricks
> > 4. Fill with *almost* hot water
> > 5. Swish around for a minute or so with hand
> > 6. Let stand 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in
> > the center comes out clean
> > 7. Drain and rinse
>
> I have switched to this method, I add a few more steps though:
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> 8. Fill bucket back up with almost hot water, add liguid dish detergent
> 9. swish around for a few minutes
> 10. drain and rinse (I rinse with running water, and then dump into a bucket
> of rinse water for this final step)
> 11. drain
> 12. dry (I like to lay out the bits on a towel in the sun to get complete
> drying in a an hour or two)
>
> I find that the anti-bacterial soap leaves a little bit of residue. For not so
> yucky LEGO parts, I use liquid dish detergent in step 3 (and still do two
> washes).
>
> For particularly nasty pieces, a soft brush will help.
>
> Frank
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| (...) i wonder if frebreeze works? its says on the add it gets the smell out of almost anything... all you do is spary and let dry and the smell should be gone... i havent tryed it cause none of my peices smell of smoke... - J Walker (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have switched to this method, I add a few more steps though: 8. Fill bucket back up with almost hot water, add liguid dish detergent 9. swish around for a few minutes 10. drain and rinse (I rinse with running water, and then dump into a (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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