Washing Lego

[CharlieB]

Lego of your inhibitions and become a Betta Bilda. (I liked that better than the lumpy bricks of L - more finesse)

Crikey, 'Teef, that's impressive - I had Betta Bilda. From dim distant memory, I think the colours were more limited, though.

Sorry to go off-topic - I had another building set that worked around six-pointed plastic 'stars' that engaged in miniature (yellow?) plastic girders to construct a building framework that you then hung plain walls, window frames, soffits etc., from. You also had little blue or red oblong pieces of metal to put into the window frames for decorative effect, and brown plastic squares for flooring. You ended up with what looked exactly like a 1960s office block.
Now I really need to know what that was called, anyone?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

colander under a tap to rinse, pillowcase in the washing machine on a hottish wash to degrease, then sit overnight in a tank/sink/bath of milton with your bidons and camelbak bladders.

 

[Night Train]

colander under a tap to rinse, pillowcase in the washing machine on a hottish wash to degrease, then sit overnight in a tank/sink/bath of milton with your bidons and camelbak bladders.

All my Lego is segregated into brick/component types so I am currently washing wheels and axles in a colander in the sink.
The thought of putting the mix, in a bag, in the washing machine is good but I just don't fancy having to sort it all out again afterwards.

I might have to make a load of small washing bags.

 

[Aperitif]

Sounds a bit like Bayko Building? It was for more dexterous kids who didn't like the clunky Betta Builda bricks ... Made by Meccano I think?

Ugh Bayko - all those grotty bits of wire and sliding squares of plastic...definitely a fancy for bored kids desperate to escape the opressive clutches of their domineering parents. Actually, I used to like the thought of building a bungalow - or whatever it was in their adverts, but my parents just let me be an Airfix baby.
Did you use all your left-over octagon stuff to make a roof at the zoo, Charlie?
Your building kit was probably called 'Leggo' - if all the designs ended up looking like 60s office blocks.

 

[dellzeqq]

I had you down as a Meccano Man, 'Teef!

 

[Aperitif]

I had you down as a Meccano Man, 'Teef!

too many screws loose to be a success at Meccano.

 

[mickle]

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6411/

 

[Night Train]

http://www.gizmag.com/go/6411/

I've got one of those dishwashers!

It has 35C, 50C and 65C wash cycles.

I wonder if I can put a whole vehicle in it?

 

[Night Train]

Well here goes with the dishwasher!

I removed the tyres as I don't know how the rubber will cope.
Already I can hear bricks being blasted off and being rattled around inside!

Oh well, at least I plugged the drain with a stainless steel scouring pad so nothing should go down there.

I will fully dismantle these two when they are done and recycle the bricks. They are the last of the standard Lego designs and I could use the bricks for a new model.

 

[Arch]

All my Lego is segregated into brick/component types so I am currently washing wheels and axles in a colander in the sink.
The thought of putting the mix, in a bag, in the washing machine is good but I just don't fancy having to sort it all out again afterwards.

I might have to make a load of small washing bags.

Or, you have a think about whether you have a friend who happens to be ever so slightly OCD and likes sorting things. The sort of person who eats smarties by colour order, and saves all the whole peanuts in a bag to eat after the half ones....

 

[Maz]

Ooh! The thought of my fourers, sixers and eighters tumbling around with Arch's frillies......

Her frillies are worth a tenner at least.

 

[Night Train]

Or, you have a think about whether you have a friend who happens to be ever so slightly OCD and likes sorting things. The sort of person who eats smarties by colour order, and saves all the whole peanuts in a bag to eat after the half ones....

Haha, I have enough OCD of my own to get it sorted, just don't want to.

I have found much of it isn't too bad and so I have just hand washed the surface bricks that were the dirtiest and rinsed the rest in each compartment and then washed out the trays to put them back. There have been a lot of old towels spread out on the floor with piles of damp bricks on them that I have been rubbing dry and hair dryering. Nearly done now and it wasn't as bad as I thought.
Just need to see how the dishwasher works out and I will leave the made up models for another day when I will spend time with a cotton bud, tooth brush and kitchen towel.

 

[Night Train]

Dishwasher worked! Really well too.

I only lost a couple of small bits but the filter caught them. The Lego is now warm, wet and shiny clean.

 

[Asa Post]

Or, you have a think about whether you have a friend who happens to be ever so slightly OCD and likes sorting things. The sort of person who eats smarties by colour order, and saves all the whole peanuts in a bag to eat after the half ones....

[Looks round nervously]

Have you been spying on me?

 

[slowmotion]

Haha, I have enough OCD of my own to get it sorted, just don't want to.

I have found much of it isn't too bad and so I have just hand washed the surface bricks that were the dirtiest and rinsed the rest in each compartment and then washed out the trays to put them back. There have been a lot of old towels spread out on the floor with piles of damp bricks on them that I have been rubbing dry and hair dryering. Nearly done now and it wasn't as bad as I thought.
Just need to see how the dishwasher works out and I will leave the made up models for another day when I will spend time with a cotton bud, tooth brush and kitchen towel.

This guy puts towels down on the floor, dumps the bricks and dries them using a cooling fan.....

http://www.brickpile.com/2010/03/18/washing-lego/