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Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
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Tue, 3 Mar 2009 00:08:48 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
I found this article here
http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/
about a process to reverse the yellowing of ABS computer parts.
Anyone know if the same thing would work for yellowed and UV damaged LEGO?
Anyone want to take a sacrificial UV damaged part (one thats not worth much
and easily replaceable) and try it themselves?

Holy moley, that's quite dramatic.  I have an abundance of old elements that
have yellowed badly.  If I can dig them up, I'll definitely give this a try.

Heck, if it works, it'll even be worth buying a Billy Mays product like
Oxy-Clean!

Dave!



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  Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
 
(...) I know regular household peroxide does a great job on white and gray parts. (16 years ago, 3-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)

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I found this article here (URL) a process to reverse the yellowing of ABS computer parts. Anyone know if the same thing would work for yellowed and UV damaged LEGO? Anyone want to take a sacrificial UV damaged part (one thats not worth much and (...) (16 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.general) ! 

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