cleaning discolored Steck castle walls

[Kenny]

I purchased two Steck castle walls from DS, and they were both slightly discolored.  They are a little bit brownish, rather than grey.  It's really only noticable when they are intermixed with some mint condition Steck pieces I have.

My wife says I'm being too picky.    Nevertheless, I thought I'd ask....

Is there a way to remove this discoloration?  If so, how?

I would imagine that this question has been answered on this forum, but I can't seem to find a thread about it.  Perhaps I'm using the wrong search words....

-- Kenny

[Tiermann]

You might try a search for cleaning Steck. I know there was a thread about using bleach in the past. I recently had a bunch of discolored Steck come in and used a bleach soak to get it cleaner. It got rid of much of the discoloration but not all. I left it in a little long and ended up with a bit of a white powdery look to the surface. It may well fade with use etc, and regardless it is much better than the brown color from before.

[bonniebeth]

Try searching in the sub-board "advanced customizing techniques" under how-to. Any topics that describe use of bleach and other potentially hazardous chemicals are in that board.

[skypurr]

I cleaned a lot of my steck using ordinary undiluted household bleach,  I only left it to soak for 24 hours then rinsed it well. 
It did go lighter and with a slightly mottled look that I like as I think it is more stone like.

The steck I used here was all cleaned in this way.



Elaine

[tahra]

Might try that... But I have some really ancient (at least they look that way.. ) pieces.. they feel kinda.. brittle, you know what I mean?

[flatcat]

How can Steck coming from DS be discoloured?

That's a bit bad

Damo

[skypurr]

How can Steck coming from DS be discoloured?

That's a bit bad

Damo

Didn't read this properly,  I hadn't realised that they were from DS 

Elaine

[Kenny]

Didn't read this properly,  I hadn't realised that they were from DS 

Elaine

Yes, they were from DS.  But as I said, they weren't terribly discolored.  Only slightly.  That's why my wife said I was being picky.  

-- Kenny

[bonniebeth]

I guess they could have been sitting around for a while at the warehouse.

[Playmoholics]

Personally, and I know everyone has their own preferences, but I actually like some discolored pieces mixed in on a castle, because I think it makes the castle look more authentic, aged. Is that odd?