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Re: Long Term Packaging
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Jul 2006 05:49:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz wrote:
> Dan Simonson wrote:
> > Is there anything better that I can do? Anything bad that typically
> > happens over long-term storage? I've heard of white bricks
> > yellowing... the container will be opaque, and having seen the nice
> > sun tans some of my white bricks have recieved, that should help
> > lower risks of damage.
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> Yellowing may not just be due to sun. A few years back, I opened some sealed
> sets that were from the 70s. They had yellowed blue bricks (but not all the
> blue bricks), so I assume there are other causes of yellowing than just UV
> damage (and the boxes weren't faded, so it wasn't like they were sitting in
> the window, and allowing some tiny amount of UV to get through - though that
> could still be what was going on, even if there wasn't enough exposure to
> fade the boxes).
Blue bricks? Interesting.
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> That said, I have not noticed significant yellowing of my sorted brick, so
> keeping it out of the sun should be all you really need to protect it for 4
> years.
Awesome. Thanks!
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> Frank
- Dan
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| (...) Yes, blue definitely also yellows. Several years ago I bought out a kids collection. I found a significant number of yellowed blue bricks. I don't think I've ever seen discolored red, green, yellow, black, or dark grey bricks (though looking (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yellowing may not just be due to sun. A few years back, I opened some sealed sets that were from the 70s. They had yellowed blue bricks (but not all the blue bricks), so I assume there are other causes of yellowing than just UV damage (and the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-06, to lugnet.general)
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