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Subject:	Re: Influence of heat treatment on Lego® bricks + minifigs
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:31:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes: > Hi all! > > Have you ever thought abou the maximum washing temperature for dirty Lego® > bricks? > At what temperature will Lego® bricks get damaged - for e.g. in summer in your > car or in your house's Lego® room under the roof? > > I did the ultimate test today. See the (partly surprising) results here in > this gallery (use the >> buttons to navigate from picture to picture). > > http://www.1000steine.de/myimages/album10 This was heating in air. Can you comment on the shine of the elements? I have observed some discoloration (whitening or fading) when elements are overheated when in too hot water. Did you see any of that? The very melted elements seem quite shiny. Thanks for doing this test.

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		Re: Influence of heat treatment on Lego® bricks + minifigs
(...) your (...) Correct, Larry! (...) Above ca. 90°C (when they began to get weak) the elements looked more shiny. Like some Lego elements do it nowadays. (for e.g. this one in yellow looks always a little transparent + shiny (URL) ). (...) shiny. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)

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		Influence of heat treatment on Lego® bricks + minifigs
Hi all! Have you ever thought abou the maximum washing temperature for dirty Lego® bricks? At what temperature will Lego® bricks get damaged - for e.g. in summer in your car or in your house's Lego® room under the roof? I did the ultimate test (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs) !!

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