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Originally Posted by Goaliebot
I once got a mostly white figure from a smoker's collection and it had significant yellowish-brown deposits from smoke in all the little creases and detail lines, plus a fair bit of staining. And it smelled strongly. I cleaned the figure a LOT but to this day visible traces of cigarette smoke reside and staining remain.
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The nicotine grease in the smoke covers everything it touches in a layer of brown, sticky and extremely pungent gunk (now imagine all of that in your throat and lungs - it's a wonder why anyone smokes at all).
This usually isn't a problem with most smokers because many store their figures in display cases, keeping the smoke from coming into contact with the figures. I purchased many figures from smokers who did this and the figures are pristine.
The problematic ones are the smokers who leave their figures unprotected. I bought a Generations Metroplex from a smoker who flat-out lied about the condition of the figure and he actually came yellow and stank to the high heavens.
I spent about an hour scrubbing Metroplex, his accessories and the outer surface of the box with a homemade cleaning solution of water, vinegar and baking soda. This cuts the nicotine grease down completely, returning everything back to its original white colour and removing the odour.
I heard ammonia does the same, but who has large quantities of ammonia sitting around the house?
Edit: LOL, didn't notice I was responding to a revived thread...
