Introduction: Organize and Care for a Large Amount of Lego's
One day I realized I have more Lego's than the normal human usually has. Also I realized how unorganized and unsanitary they were. With that said, I decided it was time I should clean and organize them, So I did.
In this instructable I will teach you how to clean, organize, and care for these wonderful bricks.
In this instructable I will teach you how to clean, organize, and care for these wonderful bricks.
Step 1: What Is Needed
What you need to find or buy are in the following list.
1. two Whitmor Kids' 12-bin Organizer( one mattering on how much Lego's you have )
2. A large sink or bath tub
3. One or two large tables
4. Some time( it took me a day )
1. two Whitmor Kids' 12-bin Organizer( one mattering on how much Lego's you have )
2. A large sink or bath tub
3. One or two large tables
4. Some time( it took me a day )
5. a radio or ipod. ( optional )
Step 2: Cleaning
First of all, in these Lego's condition's they would not be very good for building right now, so here is what you have to do. First off run some soapy water in the bath or sink. once the bath is ready put all the Lego's in small open topped containers. put them in the bath and stir every once and a while. When you are ready to take them out, shake them in the container to get any extra junk that might be on them. Dry with a hair dryer or by towel if you prefer.
Step 3: The Tags
Before you start to organize them you need to tag your buckets to make sure you know which is which. my handwriting is atrocious, but only because I was in a big hurry. I tagged by color and also small pieces like "Studs" were tagged. The other colors bucket were for anything out of the ordinary.
Step 4: Organizing the Bricks
Start by dumping all the Lego's out on the table ( or bed in my case ) and then choose a color you think you have the most of. next find as many of that color in bricks as you can. once you have gotten all of those move to the second most color. I got done with my first 3 colors in about an hour and a half.
Step 5: Getting Board
There are a few things you can do once the cycle gets old.
1. Quit
But think about it, you put all this hard work in and now its for nothing!?!
2. Ask for a friend to help you
This is the very wise choice, you can talk and work, and it can actually help alot.
3. ROCK OUT!
play music as loud as possible and sing the tune as you work. though not the smartest thing to do because eventually your tempted to do things like dance, air guitar and even destroy all you work.
I know from personal experience.
1. Quit
But think about it, you put all this hard work in and now its for nothing!?!
2. Ask for a friend to help you
This is the very wise choice, you can talk and work, and it can actually help alot.
3. ROCK OUT!
play music as loud as possible and sing the tune as you work. though not the smartest thing to do because eventually your tempted to do things like dance, air guitar and even destroy all you work.
I know from personal experience.
Step 6: Take Care of Them.
First off, you should always try to keep them clean, you spent a day doing this. so second don't eat around them or something messy like that. Third wash them if they do get dirty. And finally keep them organized. If you do this and get them unorganized the next day what's the point?
Step 7: End Result
In the end you are happy with yourself! You just cleaned and organized all your Lego's!
Now you can build something new and not have to dig around in a sea of bricks. I myself made my first sculpture. Its an apple that looks pretty cool in my opinion. Thank you for looking and i hope you can tell me if I did anything wrong.
Now you can build something new and not have to dig around in a sea of bricks. I myself made my first sculpture. Its an apple that looks pretty cool in my opinion. Thank you for looking and i hope you can tell me if I did anything wrong.
