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(...) I use a simple paint brush to clean off display dust. I've found that the kind with fairly soft bristles work pretty well. The brush I use most often is about 2½" wide. (...) Like others have said, soapy water works well. I have a large bowl (...) (17 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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Actually you have you clean your pieces for one time. Mostly I used a nail brush. Off course time consuming but very effective. Just with hand warm water and soap is not necessary. I only wash my pieces when I just bought a party of used pieces. You (...) (17 years ago, 25-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) I've always washed my parts in soapy water. I will usually put the parts in a bucket of soapy water at least overnight (sometimes several days). I separate out the chrome and stickered parts. I usually do some sorting, with the tiny parts and (...) (17 years ago, 25-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would think that an ultrasonic cleaner as used in the jewelery business would work very well for cleaning LEGO parts-especially small ones. I have been thinking of buying one for my mineral specimens. They have come down in price over the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) The same way you dust them - blast the crevices with canned air. This can be expensive given that canned air is not cheap and bricks will go flying if you don't hold them down, but it's fast and easy. EJP (17 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) I run them in the dishwasher, on the top rack in mesh bags. I even use the heat. It's never been a problem. To dry the bricks, I put them in the food dehydrator. It's one of those stackable models with a big pile of trays. I distribute the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) I use washing machine. I pre-sort the parts, plates longer than 8 go out, anything printed/glass/sticke...d/electric goes out, and also the things from softer plastic should go (trees, clips etc.). Then I put it in cloth bag (old pillow), (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Tooth brush is what I use to be very careful, and an old electric tooth brush. For large amounts I use the dish washer on delicate, cold water, bricks in a girly stuff bag, no drying. I take them out and put them under a fan after laying them (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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I don't think LUGNET has had any discussions about this in quite some time. How do -you- clean your LEGO parts? I'm interested in learning people's techniques, particularly ones that clean a lot of parts at once with little effort. LEGO that's been (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Can't find this part on Peeron: 2x2 plates with connecting stem
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(...) That's more or less correct. If you pull up an individual part entry, the far right column shows what sets it's been used in (if it's a part, minifig, or some other sub-component of a set), and the next column to the left will give you rolling (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Lugnet has a tab somewhere in the catalog section that gives the high and low and average price or medium price. It is very handy as I think that it keeps track of what was sold and does not reset once there are none on Bricklink John P (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) That is the inherent difficulty when selling such parts, there is no sound way to determine up ahead what a person would be willing to pay for it. Since I'm not in demant for it either, my "gut feeling" estimate for the price would be a low (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Ah, many thanks, Manfred! Another question for you if you don't mind. Since no one is selling this part on Bricklink, what would you ask for it? A dollar? Five dollars? I was thinking a dollar since it is an old and rare part, yet I've never (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Hello David, It's part number 650 - Hinge Coupling-Nylon (URL) friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (17 years ago, 26-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts)
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Y'all know the part I mean: two white-translucent 2x2 plates with smooth bottoms connected by a very thin strand (space of 3 studs between the two plates). I believe they were used as truck or car hitches. Searched for "2 x 7" parts and found (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts)
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Is there a site or database out there listing parts with stickers on them and which sets they came in? Something I can use if I have a stickered part and want to find out what set(s) it cames in or if I want to know what parts the stickers for a (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would love to see technic triangles in lime and orange. (URL) would also like technic cams in yellow, lime, orange, red, and green. (URL) (17 years ago, 12-Dec-07, to lugnet.parts)
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What parts do you wish existed in colors they dont currently exist in? My votes for parts I would love to see: Wing 2 x 4 (URL) in black (great for the front hood of cars and such) Windscreen 3 x 4 x 1 & 1/3 Slope 33 (URL) in trans-smoke More (...) (17 years ago, 11-Dec-07, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Another new element? (was Thomas Update with new element!)
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(...) And if you look at the new Indiana Jones motorcycle chase you'll see a 1x4x3 version similar to this. Looks like a new window system. Tim (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yea, this is the new 1x2x2 windows with clipping glass (imagine a trans black or trans light blue glass instead!!!). I've got this informations from somebody on 1000steine forum. Moreover note the new door fitting the 1x4x6 frame... not bad! (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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