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Re: LEGO bake test
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:06:52 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Eric Harshbarger writes:
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> Let me follow up on my earlier pos about LEGO baking/heat testing.
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> In a second, completely un-scientific test, I set my oven at roughly 150
> Fahrenheit (I did not have a baking thermometer to measure accurately).
> I put a few yellow 2x4 bricks within the oven. A pair of them joined by
> all 8 studs, a pair joined by 4 common studs, and one brick by itself.
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> They baked for about 10 minutes and DID warp.
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> I repeat, they DID warp.
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> So somewhere around 150F (65.5 C) is dangerous for our little plastic
> toys.
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> Now, whether an attic space would ever reach 150 degrees (even in an
> Alabama summer) is doubtful, but more tests (and more accurate tests)
> are required.
Is is possible to melt the plastic without burning it?
It would be fun to do some experiments with those sand-molding kits
and say some train windows :)
KL
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| (...) Train windows!?! Sacrilege! I think I might leave some "test bricks" in various configurations in my attic this summer, along with a thermometer that has memory for a max reading. Now, I *know* you shouldn't leave it in your car. The local (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| Let me follow up on my earlier pos about LEGO baking/heat testing. In a second, completely un-scientific test, I set my oven at roughly 150 Fahrenheit (I did not have a baking thermometer to measure accurately). I put a few yellow 2x4 bricks within (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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