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I recently bought some older classic space sets and I knew in advance that they had yellowed. I tried soaking them in a bleach and water solution but it did not help. Does anyone have ideas about stopping the yellowing and also a fix for it? Thanks (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The bleach and water solution for 10 days, or maybe more, should do it. Otherwise, I have no idea... -- Richard (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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How long did you soak them for? I let my yellowed parts soak for several weeks. You may also want to try increasing the bleach/water ratio. I use a dilute solution for a long time; this has whitened parts for me that were 20 or more years old, and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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How much bleach to how much water??? Cary Clark <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:G8t37J.4M2@lugnet.com... (...) 20 (...) that (...) but (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have used 1 part bleach to 4 parts water. -- Richard (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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I used to use a diluted solution, but I've moved to 100% bleach without apparent damage to the bricks. Even pure bleach doesn't work on some of the badly sun damaged pieces, though. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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