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These days, if I see an official Lego model that looks great or appears to work well, my inclination is to download the instructions from Brickshelf and build it from my existing parts. Sometimes one has to improvise a bit, or resort to cunning use (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:39EED7C4.55E62B...h.ac.uk... (...) images of (...) I've never tried it, but you're supposed to put your bricks in pillowcases... Duq (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Taken out of context, this is a very strange sentence indeed! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at a work station? ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) images of (...) I don't worry about the 16-beams as much as I do about all the little bits that can slip through the holes in the wash bowl. The simple solution is to use those "lingerie bags" or whatever they call them in your part of the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Kerry Raymond <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:G2pHJs.759@lugnet.com... (...) ones (...) Well, they would have to be pretty hard lumps of dirt. If you just toss a handful of loose dirt in the washing machine, it will be dissolved in the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not that I wish this thread to get out of hand by going into too much detail, but... What setting is best for washing Lego? Bio or non-bio? Fabric conditioner? :-) I definitely need to get out more! Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I haven't tried it, but if I were to, I'd go for a gentle/delicates cycle, cold water for wash and rinse, no extra spin, and use dishwasher soap instead of laundry soap. I'd only use fabric conditioner if I wanted my lego to be nice and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Actually, I'd pick "young kids" as the most likely to perform the experiment. With "engineering undergrads" a close second, and "a scientist or researcher" a distant third ;-) I'd be leery of using a clothes washer: it seems likely that the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You've got the order wrong, the engineering undergrad is most likely... (...) I'm not sure where you live, but remember that European clothes washers are generally front loading and have no agitator. The clothes tumbling upon themselves (with (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Australian washers also have the agitator (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I, despite the fact that I have the more gentle European machine, prefer the sink and dishwash detergent. I wash my bricks by hand. Gentle and nice. Around 40 degree celcius warm water. I then move the pieces around a tad with my hands and (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) How about pneumatic pieces? Jürgen (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The new style with metal coating on the piston might rust, but otherwise I don't think there should be a problem. They should have designed the pieces to allow children/adults to blow through the systems with a lot of salive as result. But (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think that wouldn't reach the metal part of the pistons. IMHO washing should be ok if one dries it quickly enough, but it could be hard to get the water out of the last cranny. (...) Of course, if anything goes wrong I'll blame myself. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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