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Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:36:02 GMT
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I've heard about people putting bricks in a solution of bleach for over a
week to get rid of the "yellowing" of the white bricks.
If anyone has details on this process, I'd like to hear them.
I don't know about the problems with them not fitting properly.
Brad
Guido Heunen <heunen@crys.chem.uva.nl> wrote in message
news:GAAAn3.G8o@lugnet.com...
> Hi
>
> Recently I looked into boxes containing some older lego bricks • (1970-1985), and
> I was very unhappy when I tried to build something. What happend is that • these
> bricks don't fit anymore easily. I had to force them to be connected. To
> deconnect them I had to put (of course) a lot of force on them.
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>
> An other problem is that all the white bricks (for sure the older ones) • change
> colour. Although I keep them in a dark container. For this reason I don't • want
> to construct my "white" models
> (such as the hospital (town) and space shuttle (technic))
> because the sunlight (and maybe normal light) makes this problem even • worse.
>
> Did someone have the same experience and what can I do.
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>
> Guido
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| (...) I combined one part bleech to 3 parts water or less in a container and add the yellowing LEOGS. I did this for my white brick and it seems to help, I started the process about 1 week ago. A few bricks that were severly discolored are still a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi Recently I looked into boxes containing some older lego bricks (1970-1985), and I was very unhappy when I tried to build something. What happend is that these bricks don't fit anymore easily. I had to force them to be connected. To deconnect them (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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