Displaying Lego - anyway to stop dust?

PaddyFagan · 20-02-2014 02:53PM #1

Hi Folks,

I have a large F1 car (8386-1) that I want to display - I have a 'spot' for it on top of a storage unit in my home office - just wondering is there any way to stop it getting too dusty? My memory of having lego on shelves at home as a kid was that after a few months they got very dusty and where hard to clean.

Given it's size (and the F1 theme) I guess I could use a pillow case or similar as a dust sheet? But I can imagine it would probably end up covered 99.9% of the time as I'd forget to take the cover off...

Paddy

PS It's been in it's box, largely assembled, since I bought it in 2005 or so - so it isn't dusty right now....

ShadowHearth · 20-02-2014 05:37PM

Well, not really. Though to make it easier, just buy some compressed air cans and give it a blow now and then. It will be easier then dusting it off.

zinzan · 20-02-2014 08:55PM

Clear plastic container inverted over top of it?
eg. Samla boxes from Ikea?

Spocker · 21-02-2014 01:59AM

You could get a custom made display case? Theres chap on Adverts that makes them to order: http://www.adverts.ie/crazy-random-stuff/model-truck-display-units/4487518

LEGOJim1989 · 15-11-2022 11:25AM

Always been a problem, so I get a lot of cases from here. Had a good experience over the years, here is my latest I took a pic of the other day! Yes, they have backgrounds which is fun and adds to displaying opps.

bennyx_o · 15-11-2022 11:56AM

Dust is what's stopping me building the majority of sets I have. Had looked at getting some WickedBrick cases but they're expensive enough and assume they come from the UK so will have customs etc on top.

@LEGOJim1989 what are customs charges like on the iDisplayIt deliveries?

banie01 · 15-11-2022 12:00PM

As others have said, closed displays either transparent boxes or glass fronted display cases. I don't do Lego myself but I do make and display aircraft models and unless you are putting them into a "closed" display? Dust is a PITA.

monseiur · 15-11-2022 12:10PM

Buy a few sheets of clear 4mm polycarbonate and make your own display cases. It's easy to cut any shape or size and a bead of clear silicone will stick it together.

HeidiHeidi · 15-11-2022 12:11PM

Get one of those magic dusters (long shiny fibres), and flick it over it every couple of days.

You get them in the likes of Dunnes or Homestore & More.

This sort of thing

https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Static-Duster-Piece-Set/dp/B004NEE4T2

artvanderlay · 15-11-2022 03:55PM

Dust is just a part of life when you collect Lego. I have a selection of cheap paint brushes I got in Lidl; I find them better than feather dusters and compressed air cans. You can really get into the nooks and crannies with the different sized brushes. Also a blast of a cold hairdryer can do the job.

.G. · 16-11-2022 06:48PM

I get made to measure display cases from Sora-shop.de

j14 · 16-11-2022 09:14PM

Check out the "Classic" range of Aquariums on this site and then just put it over the Lego set.

https://aquaremedyireland.com/product-category/aquariums-paludariums-opti-white-aquariums/aquariums-and-fish-tanks/

endacl · 16-11-2022 09:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119883428#Comment_119883428

+1

Can confirm I've yet to see a dusty fish.

omri · 18-11-2022 08:07AM

A soft paint brush or a little blower (the latter I used for an open air bench pc) will work just fine. Once every couple of weeks. Cheap and minimum effort required assuming that you tidy your house in a first place that little extra job shouldn’t be a problem 😂

Displaying Lego - anyway to stop dust?

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