I went to Amazon looking for Brasso. (I wanted to try defacing fixing a minifig head by removing a couple small details.) The thing is, many of the American customers were complaining that the Brasso formula has been changed and that it's not as strong. According to the reviews, the old formula is still for sale in the UK, but can't be sold in the US.

Has anybody bought the new US formula? And was it any good for removing Lego printing? If Brasso isn't an option I have some acetone I can dilute and try.

Edited January 22, 201510 yr by Cloveapple

aceton is really NEVER the answer... that will soften the plastic and will destroy the part you want to "fix"...

I think that you should try it, the worst thing that will happen is that you'll take longer cleaning the part. Or search for the older brasso in your local store's a bit more ... like a hardware store...

grtz Saint

Yeah, don't use Acetone. That's just a bad idea. No Nail Polish Remover either. These are expensive pieces, be careful with them.

Safe alternatives are toothpaste (not all kinds work, but some do, I can't remember offhand what kind I used), or a pencil eraser. But be careful with those too, since they can potentially dim the shine of the plastic (this mostly goes for the pencil eraser, but the toothpaste can have some problems too). I have, thus far, found no way to fix this, BUT if you put a clear decal (or rub-on-transfer) over it, you won't notice. I've also never had this issue much on heads, it seems worse on torsos.

But I'd still give the new Brasso a go if I were you- just try it on a cheap/unimportant/useless part before you modify the piece you have in mind (which, honestly, is a good idea no matter what you use).

aceton is really NEVER the answer... that will soften the plastic and will destroy the part you want to "fix"...

I think that you should try it, the worst thing that will happen is that you'll take longer cleaning the part. Or search for the older brasso in your local store's a bit more ... like a hardware store...

grtz Saint

I had been told acetone worked well for removing print when diluted about 1 to 20 with water. (I can't remember what Lego board I saw that on.) However, I've no desire to soften up my Lego. That's Bad Cop's job! I'll see if I can find the old Brasso. Can anybody tell me what color the regular od Brasso's label is?

Yeah, don't use Acetone. That's just a bad idea. No Nail Polish Remover either. These are expensive pieces, be careful with them.

Safe alternatives are toothpaste (not all kinds work, but some do, I can't remember offhand what kind I used), or a pencil eraser. But be careful with those too, since they can potentially dim the shine of the plastic (this mostly goes for the pencil eraser, but the toothpaste can have some problems too). I have, thus far, found no way to fix this, BUT if you put a clear decal (or rub-on-transfer) over it, you won't notice. I've also never had this issue much on heads, it seems worse on torsos.

But I'd still give the new Brasso a go if I were you- just try it on a cheap/unimportant/useless part before you modify the piece you have in mind (which, honestly, is a good idea no matter what you use).

An eraser might be easier for the detail work I have in mind. There'd be less danger of slipping and taking off the wrong printed detail.

Dimming the shine might be a bigger issue. I'm thinking I'll look for some kind of acrylic seal if that happens.

You want to bu the RED Brasso, the blue one does not work. Red is for copper, blue is for silver.

Using Aceton and clear lego bricks , you can make a glue that will do the same thing as lego-glue, even better than kraggle. ( I don't know the exact mix ) But that is offtopic.

some colors let themselfs be removed with much ease, others don't ... rubbing smaller details of a surface is very , very , very hard ( especialy when they're close together ).

Good Luck !

Saint