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I went to a well large, supplied hobby shop (the kind with model trains) that stocked a couple of different model ship rigging threads, then looked at them in person and picked out the best one. I did only ever get a replacement for the thickness that's used in ropes the have a stud on each end though.

An article about "cleaning" mentioned a method involving baking soda and "brushing it off" with a toothbrush - does that method help whiten? Any experience as to if it might have better long-term results? It almost seems that removing the tiniest fraction of a millimeter of the surface would expose fresh plastic.

I'm trying to use some white bricks that have been out of production for decades, and naturally they've yellowed slightly, and a bit too much for use with a white rocket. Is there any way to whiten them that doesn't get far worse then before after a year? I've whitened bricks with hydrogen peroxide in the past, and now they're far worse then when I started. Thanks.

Wait - if Lego didn’t change their white brick plastic to prevent yellowing in the mid-2000’s - does that mean that with early 2000’s/late 90’s white bricks (AKA those round technic ones before they put the ugly slot in them) there’s no need to give them extra UV protection? A massive quality of the pre-slot ones in white was the entire reason the launch tower was in the closet to begin with.

How much UV (indoor) can you get away with? One north-facing window that the blinds are always closed on, but somewhat direct line of sight? (New windows that supposedly block 85 percent of UV.)

Supposedly white bricks yellowing is only a problem with bricks made before they switched to a new plastic in the mid-2000's. But having just built a massive Saturn-V mod MOC, I took the Saturn V built directly from the parts that came in the set, bought from Lego, and now the entire thing's horribly yellowed. Meanwhile recently only some specific bricks from Lego's modular buildings diner went fully yellowed in what seems to only have been a year or two. While the diner was on display on the main floor of the house, the rocket has been sitting in a dark closet for at least the last six years! (Hasn't been opened in long enough that it smelled when I did open the door.) It's possible the Saturn V had yellowed before that point though. Which brings up the question - with "last several years" bricks, is there any way to stop them from yellowing, or do you just need to completely remove them from any possible sunlight (or not display them in a room with any windows), or is there a way to safely display them in a house full of windows on the west side? Thanks.

Use what I used for a ship years ago - model ship rigging thread. No seriously, it's practically identical to Lego rope. No fuzz. They sell it at hobby shops (not all have it) if you want to see it in person, or you can order online.