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Subject:	Re: Help!....any advice on stopping the yellowing of older white lego pieces?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2001 16:02:24 GMT
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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 doesn't appear to have damaged them in any way. Cary "Skip" <srobinson@fairpoint.com> wrote in message news:G8t02E.Jzo@lugnet.com... > 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 in advance. > Skip

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		Re: Help!....any advice on stopping the yellowing of older white lego pieces?
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)

		Re: Help!....any advice on stopping the yellowing of older white lego pieces?
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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		Help!....any advice on stopping the yellowing of older white lego pieces?
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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