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I recently bought some older classic space sets and I knew in advance that
they had yellowed. I tried soaking them in a bleach and water solution but
it did not help. Does anyone have ideas about stopping the yellowing and
also a fix for it? Thanks in advance.
Skip
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How long did you soak them for? I let my yellowed parts soak for several
weeks. You may also want to try increasing the bleach/water ratio. I use a
dilute solution for a long time; this has whitened parts for me that were 20
or more years old, and doesn't appear to have damaged them in any way.
Cary
"Skip" <srobinson@fairpoint.com> wrote in message
news:G8t02E.Jzo@lugnet.com...
> I recently bought some older classic space sets and I knew in advance that
> they had yellowed. I tried soaking them in a bleach and water solution but
> it did not help. Does anyone have ideas about stopping the yellowing and
> also a fix for it? Thanks in advance.
> Skip
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In lugnet.build, Erin Windross writes:
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> > Sending a lot of minifigs to their death will expose you to a lot of bad
> > publicity, especially when there are other options! Secrets like this will
> > always surface someday (I can see the headlines: "Government send Seals to
> > their death!" and "Secret newsposting revealed:'To them it will be another
> > training flight...'").
> >
> > If I were you I would use SW Battledroids as crash dummies and earn the
> > respect of your seals as 'the guy who made our helicopters more safe'. Hmm
> > that definitely sounds better than 'the guy who killed our fellow seals'.
>
>
> God, look at the *obvious* solution to this problem!
>
> TIMMY (and possibly Jar Jar) Trick them into thinking they have won a free
> helicopter ride and then *crash! Blood! Timmy heads!*
>
> Erin
> --
This IS the solution. Replace the SEALs with Timmy's and Jar Jar's
and let them experience the pains of hitting the tarmack at over
200 mph the uh-60 c.
problem.... I don't have my Timmy or Jar Jar's. I burned them for heat
all when i got snowed in during the bleach out of 98'.
> Note: I'm back from Regina
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In lugnet.general, Tamyra Teed writes:
> FINALLY!!! I get to post of these :) instead of drooling over everyone
> elses!
>
> This is a find of my lifetime, I'll probably never get this lucky
> again...
> the Lego Gods were with my brother the other day I guess, he picked up a
> newspaper, and was looking through the ad's. someone listed a rummage
> sale and specifially stated Legos <sic>, Well... I figured what the
> heck, I decided to get up early go have a look, I got there before they
> were supposed to start and this is what I found! (of course I cleaned
> them out) :)
The other day I was quite stupid. I had just inherited my brothers old LEGO
sets (mostly old 80's castle sets) and I was cleaning them (they can get moldy
if you try hard enough.. amazingly bleach does little to affect the color or
printing but that is a different story.) as well as putting them together to try
and see if I had any complete sets. My brothers weren't as nice to thier LEGO
bricks as I was. Anyway, I was on a lego high and I happened to scan the paper
and someone had mentioned legos in a yard sale ad. I was all ready to go, but
my wife and I also were trying to clean up the house before guests arrived (my
part, luckily enough, was to clean and put away legos). She even 2ce suggested
we go, but I figured I had enough with my new addition from my brothers. But I
chose other things. I guess I am not the lego freak that I thought. Ahh.. well,
I wish you luck with your find.
:)
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In lugnet.general, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
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> > Unfortunately, the previous owner of this collection apparently ran out of
> > black bricks one day, because a good number of bricks have been colored in
> > with a magic marker. I am having limited results cleaning this off with
> > rubbing alcohol and an old toothbrush, but I would appreciate any cleaning
> > tips/suggestions that anyone might have...?
>
> Brasso. Use LUGNET's search engine.
Brasso, indeed! I bought a tin of Brasso last night at Wal*Mart for under $3
and tried it out. It easily removed the black magic marker (except where the
ink had been worked into cracks, scratches, and tooth marks) in less than a
minute per afflicted brick. It also did well against a red substance that
could have been either nail polish or red ink from a ball-point pen. It was
less effective against oil-based paint, but I didn't buff all that hard yet.
Overall, the results were very good. Though a few bricks experienced some
dulling, most became quite shiny again. In those cases where the bricks got
dull, it seemed to be the result of impatience on my part, (buffing too
hard/too fast) so take your time! But in all cases, the bricks ended up in
better shape than they started.
Brasso wasn't so good at removing yellowed stains, but those are only apparent
on the white pieces that I assume can survive a little bleach. (Hmm... I'd
better be careful with that one, doesn't Brasso contain amonia?)
Not that Brasso needs any more "me too" testimonials up here on LUGNET, but it
worked great for me!
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