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I found some of my old stash in my mother's basement and it's very dirty. Do you reckon it'd survive a trip through a dishwasher?
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Great find  I would try one piece alone first to see what happens...
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What probably won't survive is the dishwasher...
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_Josh_ wrote: Do you reckon it'd survive a trip through a dishwasher?
Do let us know the outcome.
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Absolutely... tie it into a bag of some description first - perhaps an old pair of pantihose or similar would work.
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These are really big 'base' pieces. I have a few with moon craters and others with heli-pads and roads. Unfortunately the rest has gone missing 
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_Josh_ wrote: Do you reckon it'd survive a trip through a dishwasher
How hot does a dishwasher get? The lego is injection moulded at >200 deg C.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
"I have sexdaily. I mean dyslexia. Fcuk!"
Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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I think it's set to about 60C
I was more concerned about the detergent discolouring or harming the plastic
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_Josh_ wrote: I was more concerned about the detergent discolouring or harming the plastic
Nup. The color is all the way through - there shouldn't be a drama. Boil the kettle, pour the water in a cup with a little normal washing up detergent. Wait a bit until your wife can put her finger in it, then chuck in a couple of lego. Stir. If no damage go for the dishwasher (on the shortest cycle).
(Disclaimer: I work with polymers, more particularly PVC, but I also produce alot of stuff made from engineering plastics)
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
"I have sexdaily. I mean dyslexia. Fcuk!"
Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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Cool, I was thinking about the time I ruined mum's prized old tupperware in a dishwasher.
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Dishwasher detergent is much nastier stuff than normal washing-up liquid. Better to test with that.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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washing machine would be more suitable... as one mentioned, put them in a bag, put some cloth with them and don't spin too fast... maybe don't let them spin at all 
Oh... and don't use bleach...
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I think you are right - look at what dishwashers do to decent glassware - and that's a lot harder than Lego!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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And people wonder why I use my washing machine to do the dishes. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Yeah... your glass shards are crystal clear 
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It's hanging them on the line to dry afterwards that's the real PITA
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Oye, I've a clothes dryer too.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I prefer my plates to have that fresh, outdoor-dried smell. 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Keys of a keyboard... totally covered with cola mucus, put into a bag and into a washing machine. result => perfectly clean
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Not a bad idea but I'm worried the parts would crack as our washing machine is a front loader and the thin parts would be tossed around.
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that's the reason for the cloth in the bag; and don't let thim spin like there's no tomorrow lowest possible speed.
Just try it with a few (like 20) blocks with similar size (don't mix flats with block) to get some result.
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The strict answer to "Do you think I can put 30 year old lego in the dishwasher?" is yes, you can.
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That's funny, not because you're being a smarty pants but because I'm always being told that I've loaded the dishwasher incorrectly. Did you know that baby bottles have to have something else next to them so they don't flip?
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if you buy it new, they say that you can wash it at 30°C in your washing machine. I would not tumble or centrifuge it. Put some lego as a test in an old pilow cover. That should work. I would not put it into the dishwasher. The dishwasher cleaner is very "strong" and aggressive.
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23 replies.
Hmm.
There might be a market for a purpose-built Lego cleaner. Perhaps utilizing ultrasonics.
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