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Re: Influence of heat treatment on Lego® bricks + minifigs
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:57:31 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
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> So far the text is only added in German, but I think it is primitive enough to
> be automatically translated via altavisa or something like that. Most picture
> will speak for themselves anyway.
>
> Kind Regards,
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> Ben
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>
> P.s.: Don't call me cruel, because a Minifig had to die: I hope thousands of
> them will take profit in future. Results in 3 sentences: 40°C are absolutely
> ok for a minifig. 60°C are still ok (at least for a while?) Even 75°C are no
> big deal. But be careful: 80°C will destroy most of your elements for sure!
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> (Lego material ABS at 75°C smells like the inside of a new box. ABS at more
> than 110°C stinks! ABS at 150 °C begins to smoke.....
Well, as far as I know, Obi-Wan (if you watched Star Wars, you will know the
reference), a few years ago, LEGO suggested in its catalogs that if you plan
on washing your elements to never go above 104 degrees Farenheit (or however
you spell that word). I do not know how much that is in Celsius but a 104
degree reading in the farenheit scale seems kind of toasty to me. Of
course, I personally can not confirm this but maybe you can ask that
question to the Great Redini because floating head people generally know
more than us normal people.
Jesse Alan Long
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