Help with cleaning vintage Joe toys.

[RobbieDigital]

I have a Terrordrome thats been sitting in an attic for about 5 years or so now, I previously didn't have any room to display it. Well as you can imagine it needs some TLC. Heavy dust and attic grime are on it pretty good. I was just wondering if anyone had any good ideas on how to tackle this thing. What works well with this type of thing?

[Crimson Twins]

Hmm. I would start with a good dusting using a micro fiber cloth. Those things pick up dust like no one's business. Then, for the grime, I used a product that was orange something or another. Sorry I can't remember the name, and I'm not exactly at the house to look at it. It's great if you're looking to remove stuff like old sticker residue, so I imagine it would work nicely at removing other types of grime from the plastic. Be sure to test it out first in less exposed spot to make sure you don't get any kind of chemical reaction to the plastic. There shouldn't be. I used it to clean up an old WHALE before, and the end result looked like a brand new hull straight from the box. Another thing that I would do is take the entire thing apart first and clean each of the parts individually. That might just be my OCD kicking in, but that's how I handle most of my cleaning. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[DarthJoe]

If you're not worried about stickers coming off, or plan on replacing them, just stick the whole thing in the bathtub and wash it down with hot water with the shower head. I did that with a really dirty Tomahawk, and it worked great.

 

For sticker residue, I've used lighter fluid in the past, and it seems to work well.

[averagejoe]

that's easy . if you not worried about removing the stickers. first fill the bathtub up with warm water and dawn dish soap and let it soak then just use a wash cloth after it's dried if there is still sticker resadue then get some goo gone. its a product you can buy at wat mart dont remember which department but it takes stickers off doesnt harm the plastic and has a orange scent.

[Crimson Twins]

that's easy . if you not worried about removing the stickers. first fill the bathtub up with warm water and dawn dish soap and let it soak then just use a wash cloth after it's dried if there is still sticker resadue then get some goo gone. its a product you can buy at wat mart dont remember which department but it takes stickers off doesnt harm the plastic and has a orange scent.

 

 

There it is! That's the orange stuff I was talking about in my first post. I thought it had 'orange' in the product name, but I guess now. Works great. I highly recommend.

[Dark Horse]

Yep, take it all apart and was it in the bathtub. Check my Shadow Drome pics on the front page (Custom of the week ).