Answers.Body: <p>I've done this a few times before. To remove the sticker, get a hair dryer and gently warm it up - this will slightly melt the glue make it easier to get off. The trick now is to lift it without damaging it. I bought some incredibly thin, and sharp blades for a craft knife... they are thin enough to make their way between the sticker and the plastic and practically slide straight under. This will lift the sticker clean off. Depending on the age of the sticker you might need a bit of extra glue to help reattach it (also you may need to warm it back up to help the glue bond again)</p>
  
  <p>Just take care :)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I think that the best thing to do would be to keep everything as it was because in selling, even if it is damaged, the ORIGINAL product will usually sell for more than a restored product. this also means keeping the stickers on. </p>
  
  <p>I actually did an experiment my self with this and i found these results. If you are keeping it for yourself then i would do whatever you need it for. If you are going to bleach it then cover and water-proof seal of the stickers and only then bleach it. That is what I would do.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>You do not need to remove your sticker to bring it back to full color. Just follow this process. Get a 3% hydrogen poroxide solution and a small glass. Pour the solution in and your piece and set it in the sun for 4 to 5 days, making sure the piece stays all the way in the solution. That should work.</p>
  
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Body: <p>My parents recently finally decided they can return me my childhood toys with 1990s Technic sets including the 8880 Super Car. All other sets were in boxes, but this one spent the last 15+ years assembled in a clean attic, so it's dusty and yellowed, but surprisingly, complete (I disassembled it with the instructions in hand). I haven't yet decided if I should keep or sell it, but I need to clean it.</p>
  
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  This piece.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ihBwo.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ihBwo.png" alt="8880&#39;s gearbox"></a></p>
  
  <p>I've read about <a href="http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/497/brick-discoloration-due-to-sunlight-smoking-and-methods-to-restore" rel="noreferrer">bleaching LEGO bricks with hydrogen peroxide</a> and about <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/2371/how-to-repair-cracked-peeling-decals">removing labels for repair</a>. Do you think it's a good idea to remove the labels and then bleach the brick? Or is there some other, better way of helping this guy?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: My concern about removing the sticker would be getting it back on again.
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Tags: <technic><cleaning><repair><stickers>
Title: How to help a yellowed brick with a sticker?
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ThreadText: # How to help a yellowed brick with a sticker?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-11)
  
  My parents recently finally decided they can return me my childhood toys with 1990s Technic sets including the 8880 Super Car. All other sets were in boxes, but this one spent the last 15+ years assembled in a clean attic, so it's dusty and yellowed, but surprisingly, complete (I disassembled it with the instructions in hand). I haven't yet decided if I should keep or sell it, but I need to clean it.
  
  Question:
  This piece.
  
  [![8880's gearbox](https://i.sstatic.net/ihBwo.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ihBwo.png)
  
  I've read about [bleaching LEGO bricks with hydrogen peroxide](http://www.bricksetforum.com/discussion/497/brick-discoloration-due-to-sunlight-smoking-and-methods-to-restore) and about [removing labels for repair](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/2371/how-to-repair-cracked-peeling-decals). Do you think it's a good idea to remove the labels and then bleach the brick? Or is there some other, better way of helping this guy?
  
  **Tags:** technic, cleaning, repair, stickers
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: My concern about removing the sticker would be getting it back on again.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-27. Score: 1
  
  I've done this a few times before. To remove the sticker, get a hair dryer and gently warm it up - this username_2 slightly melt the glue make it easier to get off. The trick now is to lift it without damaging it. I bought some incredibly thin, and sharp blades for a craft knife... they are thin enough to make their way between the sticker and the plastic and practically slide straight under. This username_2 lift the sticker clean off. Depending on the age of the sticker you might need a bit of extra glue to help reattach it (also you may need to warm it back up to help the glue bond again)
  
  Just take care :)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-10-29. Score: 1
  
  I think that the best thing to do would be to keep everything as it was because in selling, even if it is damaged, the ORIGINAL product username_2 usually sell for more than a restored product. this also means keeping the stickers on.
  
  I actually did an experiment my self with this and i found these results. If you are keeping it for yourself then i would do whatever you need it for. If you are going to bleach it then cover and water-proof seal of the stickers and only then bleach it. That is what I would do.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-11-24. Score: 0
  
  You do not need to remove your sticker to bring it back to full color. Just follow this process. Get a 3% hydrogen poroxide solution and a small glass. Pour the solution in and your piece and set it in the sun for 4 to 5 days, making sure the piece stays all the way in the solution. That should work.
  
  
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