It was like someone flipped a switch today. It went from easy-to-beat but challenging (for me), to downright stupid. A lot of plays, all game long, are simple 1 & 2 letter plays.
I have a small crafts biz (100's not 1000's of $), where I specialize in rescuing a particular old toy from the 1960s. And yes I know this plastic contains lead!
But I'm wondering how to save parts with what I call "spotsulism". It appears that parts have been left for decades in open storage, and they get dusty. Over time, I'm guessing that humidity and dust act to draw plasticizers out, leaving spots that won't easily polish out. For polishing, I use a mildly abrasive plastics polish on a small rotary pad.
Q1: Does this sound reasonable? BTW, I know that the plasticizers are mobile. Another hint on that: Zinc plated screws with chromate conversion coatings sometimes turn bright yellow. Yep, that ol' lead coming out to make lead chromate. BTW #2: Do not let your babies play with plastic toys made before about 1979!
Q2: Any hints on saving the part? Some plasticizer elixir to schmeer on the surface?
