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Ok. I'm about to ask for information I thought I'd never even want, let aloe want to act on. Up until this very morning the though would have been utterly abhorrent to me, but I want to make a specialised LEGO head for a minifig [1]. The question is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I haven't tried the brake fluid method of print removal, but a simple eraser seems to work well. I've had luck with a plastic Staedtler Mars eraser, available at art supply stores. There have been several techniques of print removal mentioned (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I found a product called "nevr dull" which is a metal polishing compound on a wadding. I used it on several pieces, including transparents,( Mike Stanley has personally seen this) with very good results. You can search the lugnet database for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Per Mike Stanley's experiments, soaking in brake fluid changes the ABS into something not quite ABS and that's not a good thing. Mechanical abrasion seems the only approach, all chemicals strong enough to remove the printing are strong enough to mar (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The pieces John did this to looked just fine. Certainly did a much better job than I did with brake fluid. All I had left to show for my efforts were some crumbling tiles. (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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