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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I let dust collect on my sets until they look like a sandy beach, then I set them on a random shelf till grass starts to grow.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[GEF]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-04-11T01:32:50Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I generally use a soft bristle toothbrush to actually get the dust off then a small hand vacuum to actually clean up the dust, obviously, provided there aren't loose pieces laying around. 
Water and dishwasher detergent works well too (I've used that before on large lots of pieces) but for a few baseplates it seems like more trouble than it's worth.  With a huge lot of used pieces/minifigs/baseplates I do it this way, for a few pieces a toothbrush (or even a damp toothbrush) works the best, I've found.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[JonnDthunDer]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-04-10T17:22:09Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[You could put the baseplate in a container filled with water and dishwasher detergent (without bleach). Also, you could use a toothbrush to scrub the collection of dust in-between the studs of the baseplate.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Willow Tree]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[nateolantern@gmail.com]]></email>
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			<updated>2014-04-10T16:26:57Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I keep getting my base plates all dusty and such, how you you guys clean base plates clean?]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Locker 74 Productions]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[samfuthey@gmail.com]]></email>
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			<updated>2014-04-10T15:43:02Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Thnaks, Dew.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[HoldingOurOwn]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-03-31T14:07:08Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[[url=http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/topic/18629/cleaning-bricks/]*cough*[/url]]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[dewfilms]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/82/</uri>
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			<updated>2014-03-31T05:48:19Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[When I find Lego at yard sales, I clean them with a sink of soapy water.  Drying them is a pain without a hair dryer.
NEVER BLEACH ANYTHING BUT WHITE LEGO BRICKS, and I don't think doing that to the white ones is safe either.]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[HoldingOurOwn]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-03-30T18:53:53Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I talked to a friend of mine who has made some pretty radical MOC's of his own and he told me that his way of keeping his LEGO dust free is by simply getting a small paint brush wet and cleaning off the bricks that he is going to use. Everything else, like his city, he just uses an average air duster before the dust sets in and builds up on his LEGO.

([url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/tot-lug/collections/72157621735009218/[/url])]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[CarrollFilms]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[sean.m.carroll95@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/973/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2014-03-30T07:16:27Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I would dry them by hand, letting them air dry might leave water streaks on them.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Greenshirt]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/4569/</uri>
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			<updated>2014-03-30T05:54:47Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[That sounds like a really good way to ruin the inside of your washer and dryer. That's a lot of hard plastic corners banging around at high speed, I'd say washing them by hand and air drying (not drying in the sun, that will fade the colors) is the best way to go.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[backyardlegos]]></name>
				<email><![CDATA[backyardlegos@gmail.com]]></email>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/4579/</uri>
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			<updated>2014-03-30T04:37:00Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[It would be best to keep your LEGO out of the sunlight.  LEGO can react badly to it.

LEGO bins can get a lot of dust in them, thus I would suggest storing your LEGO in such a way that dust cannot accumulate in theme easily.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Squid]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/3704/</uri>
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			<updated>2014-03-29T21:37:08Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[Well I had (they've dissipated now) severe dust allergies, so my mummy hypothesised that the amount of dust accumulated in my Lego over the past decade or so may have been a contributor to my probs. Basically we just washed the Lego in ample batches in a large soapy basin, then rinsed them and lay them out to dry in the sun. There is a bird where I live called a [i]Bower Bird[/i], an animal who collects blue trinkets and junk to decorate its nest. 

It stole some of my lego]]></content>
			<author>
				<name><![CDATA[Carousel]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/125877/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2014-03-29T21:24:38Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[That was quite clever. Might try that out. :)]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Soppenjim]]></name>
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			<updated>2014-03-29T14:56:47Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Cleaning Lego Bricks]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[I know this was an issue with some people recently.  This morning on [i]Fox & Friends[/i], a woman who was a cleaning expert was going through various cleaning claims, and saying whether or not they really work.  They had a method for cleaning "Legos" [sic]: put them in a laundry bag and wash them in the washer/dryer as you would clothing.  They gave it a "Works" rating.  So if you've tried other methods that didn't work, try this one and see if it helps.]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[HoldingOurOwn]]></name>
				<uri>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/user/125690/</uri>
			</author>
			<updated>2014-03-29T14:38:29Z</updated>
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