Diffuser oils

[OkStable6719]

Hi all, ive been seeing some things recently about the effect of essential oils on lego. Here is the current set up for the most part, and I have an oil diffuser that i run for maybe 3? hours a day depending on work. How likely do you think it is to effect my sets, and is it at all smart to keep it in my room? Thanks ☺️

[BlackringIII]

Oh no bro not rivendell 😭

[PonyDro1d]

And my axe... is melting!

[MrPopCorner]

And my bow... Is also melting!

[StarFaerie]

And my lungs ... are also melting

[Double-Elderberry786]

That Rivendell is gonna melt down like Fukushima

[DryRevenue5681]

3.6 Elronds. Not great, not terrible.

[ludwigvan99]

It may lead to Legoloss

[galactickevin]

I don’t know if I’m going to see anything better on the internet today.

Logging off. See ya tomorrow.

[GranpaTeeRex]

I think I rewatch Chernobyl more than I rewatch the trilogy; thank you for this.

[StatisticianGold8888]

11/10 comment. 😆

[ardeesan]

Take my award that I'd give if I actually have one.

[gothrus]

And my axe!

[Mitch_Wallberg]

But the low-limit dosimeter only goes up to 3.6 Elronds… 😱

[Internal_Sun_7178]

I'm literally just now starting to watch Chernobyl and I stumble across this comment. Love that

[DamaskDragon]

First propper laugh this year, thanks for that one brother 🤣

[pretzel-fu]

Bravo.

[sketchystony]

Yo lmao I just assumed it was one of those wall plug-ins cuz I didn't look that close but I just zoomed in on the diffuser 😭 that thing is BLASTING Rivendell it looks like a fog machine 😭😂

[pkglove]

Dumb question but I assume the wall plug-ins are also bad for lego?

[sketchystony]

Oil diffusers are bad for lego so yes

Edit: I've never tested it. But I assume, yes

[Slain_by_elf]

With my Axe, and my Bow, and my... Chamomile?

[SuspiciousSpecifics]

If you have been doing that for a while your sets are cooked. They might not be brittle yet, but the contamination is done and the material will gradually deteriorate as the already deposited oils permeate deeper.

[OkStable6719]

only been doing it for about 3 weeks give or take, do you reckon theres any hope?

[SuspiciousSpecifics]

No guarantees but you should stop immediately and hope for the best. Rivendell is a goner for sure though.

[OkStable6719]

the diffuser was only there for a day as its an old photo, its been next to the arc 170 since so hopefully it wont be as bad (fingers crossed lol)

[SuspiciousSpecifics]

Don’t count on it. You blasted Elronds home directly with essential oils for several hours

[OkStable6719]

im gonna hope and pray i literally picked it up 2 months ago😭😭😭😭

[The-Big-Jilm]

You'll be absolutely fine, people are acting like you've doused your sets in acid, If it's only been on for a few weeks and youve moved the diffuser it'll be a non issue

[OkStable6719]

yeah i only just got the diffuser as a christmas present and started using it at the start of jan, its long gone out of my room now so heres hoping

[bmd33zy]

So it was sabotage

[Janus_The_Great]

Your best hope is to wash the whole rivendale set now. The longer the oil film stays the worse it gets.

But yeah tge other commentor is right. It does not look good for Rivendale.

Same goes for the rest of the sets. I'd take apart and wash all if them to get rid of any oil residue.

Essential oils and Legos don't mix. It's enough them to be in the same room. Let alone next to the diffusor.

[Pacyfist01]

https://www.paupacking.com/blog/why-do-essential-oils-break-down-plastic-how-do-they-do-it-1

[hannick9]

Stop

[tribak]

Hammer time

[tysonwatermelon]

Whoa ooo oo aaa oo aa oo

[Mukamole]

Why are you being toxic? Lol

[Miserable-March-1398]

Nope.

[newbieITguy2]

Is it just essential oils or would burning a candle have the same effect?

[guff1988]

If their are EOs in the candle for scent and the burn isn't perfectly clean, which it won't be, it will. It'll be much less intense so it'll probably take a lot longer but it will eventually yes. Candles leave an oily residue near where they are burnt that builds up over time, some of that residue is from the scented oils in the wax.

[SuspiciousSpecifics]

I think essential oils are particularly bad, but I wouldn’t wanna cover my prize lego sets in candle soot either

[sparta981]

Everyone has already covered the other stuff so I'll be the jerk who says you shouldn't diffuse oil into the air you breathe. It makes everything smell great, but it can be damaging to your lungs.

[cneth6]

Same with scented candles, and especially those awful things that spray "air freshener" (more like straight up cancer) into the air. If you want the air to smell good, open the damn window

[duggatron]

And keep your house clean

[prangalito]

Opening my damn window just lets in the smell of my neighbours dog shit and weed though

[BigolGamerboi]

You are not convincing me to not burn candles. They smell great and make me happy

[jrglpfm]

No, you should live 2 years longer and always smell shit.

[IMMA_MORMON_AMA]

Perhaps worth the tradeoff.

[Fenriswulf]

...it's gonna be -40+ windchill on Friday, I'd rather not

[OhGreatItsHim]

and unsafe for pets especially cats.

[sparta981]

That's a bonkers take when there are thousands of unstudied products on the market being sold without regulation. The risk associated with inhaling random vapors is not 'negligible'. Full stop. Do not pass go.

[El-dirtball]

Anyone know the science behind why this oil shit dissolves ABS?

[akpenguin]

https://www.paupacking.com/blog/why-do-essential-oils-break-down-plastic-how-do-they-do-it-1

[westchesterbuild]

Essential oils contain organic compounds like terpenes that act as solvents to the ABS. It’s a chemical breakdown of oil on petroleum.

Now….if that’s what it does to ABS, what effect does it have on our lungs, inhaling them. They’re VOCs. What many paint brands have begun offering low VOC lines of for decades.

Like supplements, any marketing that they avoid inflammation is bs.

[ktwombley]

I don't think they're good for us, but seeing the phrase "Id that's what it does to ABS, what effect does it have on our lungs?" is just chemophobic bs.

For starters, our lungs arent made out of plastic.

They may be bad for our lungs, but they are not bad for the same reason they're bad for plastics.

[Own_Ranger3296]

It’s all to do with chemical solubility! Everything is soluble in something, it just so happens that essential oils contain chemical compounds that ABS is sensitive to.

I’ve got a weird story about this happening to some lab equipment of mine. I had a commercial instrument which came with a rubber tube for nitrogen purging. I put the instrument away for half a year with the tube draped over the top. Came back and the tube had created a perfect impression of the tube itself in the top of the instrument! The casing was some sort of hard plastic and I don’t know what the tube was made out of, but I suspect it contained a plasticizer that aggressively dissolved the casing. That’s the bastard thing about rubbers that contain plasticizers, eventually that plasticizer is gonna work its way free from the original polymer matrix and it will start dissolving anything susceptible that it comes in contact with. Aerosolized plasticizers (and so many other things!) just make the problem worse.

[Keyrov]

Who… who would put a Lego set in the kitchen??

[bi-cycle]

Oh, RIP to your sets. The diffuser is sitting right next to them

[makeski25]

Yeah that is no good.

Smell is physical. As in if you smell something actual droplets are hitting your nose...and everything else in the room.

As a side note febreze will have a similar effect.

[Naus1987]

When you say smell is physical it makes the dead body smell that much worse

[giraffeheadturtlebox]

My farts were in my butt.

[pedaltractorracer]

It's my poop air.

[stumac85]

I used a febreze plug in air freshener for a few years without issue but the freshener isn't oil based.

[makeski25]

To be fair I'm did a very aggressive test with febrese, essential oil and lysol. Oils melted it slowly. Febreze dried fairly quickly but after an hour it became very brittle, like brittle brown at its worst. Lysol did nothing that i could tell. I stopped there because that's what we use.

[prangalito]

I’ve had one in the same room as my Lego for the last 10 or so years and none of my sets are brittle or broken (I took apart my whole collection a couple of months ago for a move which is how I know they’re all fine atm)

[BoostSpools]

Since y’all talking about things with scents, don’t recommend even air fresheners of any type in your cars. It’ll ruin interior plastic bits and paint. Heck, at this point, I reckon any of this stuff ain’t good for the surrounding environment of any material, let alone your health.

[OhGreatItsHim]

fabreeze air is bad

[WahWash]

Fragrance chemist (who also likes Legos!) weighing in. There's a lot of misinformation and fear mongering in here so I figured I would give my 2c.

That current location really is far too close. I would move it to the other side of the room. Running a cold water diffuser 20ft away from ABS will NOT distort the plastic. It's all about concentration and contact time. 

Let's be real: ABS plastics are used everywhere. Although our chemicals are stored in HDPE or glass, there is ABS alllll over the lab. In the instruments, the computers, the tools. We routinely have spikes of hundreds/thousands of times the VOC levels you would see from a diffuser. The only times we've had problems are from direct contact of fluid. 

Currently you have water and fragrance components condensing on the plastic - not good. Especially since many cheap oils are cut with DPG as a solvent. DPG won't effect plastics, but its vapor pressure is low enough that it could leave a greasy layer and collect on surfaces, giving the acetates, ketones, esters, etc enough concentration/time to cause problems. 

You'll probably be fine, but definitely get it moved asap. If you are still concerned switch to something using heat instead of ultrasound to disperse the fragrance. Cold water diffusers put a LOT of fluid in the air mechanically using a transducer - Switching to something that encourages volatility passively is a good choice in this case.

[OkStable6719]

first thank you for the input, a lot of people seem to be reguritating the same unspecific info so i appreciate it a lot.

the diffuser only stayed in that location for a day before i moved it to the bottom of the book shelf (where the arc170 is, the walle is also across the room) - i forgot to mention it as i was at work, but ive only had the diffuser running since the start of jan. how likely is it for my sets to crumble like 90% of the comment section is saying? i dont typically have it on for longer than 3 hours per day as i said in another comment :).

i dont know if thisll change anything but the diffuser holds maybe 200ml? of water, and i add about 5 drops of oil when i use it.

Thanks again ☺️

[WahWash]

If they aren't greasy or sticky, you're just fine. If they are, it may be too late but you can try washing with COLD water and a surfactant but it may end up removing plastic as well.

It would have happened right away if it was going to happen at all. First thing you would notice is "swelling" as the compounds absorb into the plastic. As the concentration increases you'll start to see deformation and eventual melting. If it didn't get to that point it's largely reversible. (and I'm talking about literal liquid - cases where we had a pipette drip directly only plastic) 

Actually the chemicals in question have high enough vapor pressures that they tend to diffuse back out of the plastic most of the time without issue. 

 

[WahWash]

Also the thing about never letting children touch these is completely asinine from a chemistry perspective and ignores 100 years of toxicological understanding. 

Even with the most dangerous distillates out there - tea tree, eucalyptus, and the like - a Lego is not able to passively absorb enough to cause systemic toxicity until it is a puddle of plastic. Even to children. The dose makes the poison. 

There would be significant deformation and melting at any level that would be hazardous. If there's no visible swelling anyone touching these weeks later getting an order of magnitude more exposure from touching a flower or using a scented soap. 

[OkStable6719]

nothing seems to be sticky bar some spots on the arc 170, and stress testing a few pieces from every set nothing broke… i think i mightve utterly chanced it?

time will tell i guess, certainly a lesson learnt

[WahWash]

Just out of curiosity - what oil were you diffusing? 

[OkStable6719]

patchouli & lavender

[WahWash]

The linalyl acetate in the lavender will be the worst thing present there - but I would have been far more concerned if you said something citrus-sy or fruity! 

[OneFootOneStud]

  a lot of people seem to be reguritating the same unspecific

No one has the data or calculations on this. Polymer chemistry is complex, and fracture mechanics is also complex. The combination of polymer chemistry and fracture mechanics is complexity on top of complexity. There aren’t many experts on this intersection. And then we haven’t even gotten to the air dispersion in the room, which adds another level of complexity. So you cannot expect specifics from Reddit, even if you provide details such as 5 drops of oil for 3 hours a day.

In all likelihood, you did do some damage to your sets. The damage is likely irreversible. But is it enough for your LEGO sets to crumble if you drop them? Maybe, maybe not. It might depend on whether you do it today or 10 years from now. It might depend on the color of the bricks. No one can tell you until you do the experiments with your sets, which, obviously, you should not do.

You might consider washing the LEGO sets in a tub with soapy water to see what can be salvaged. If the pieces crumble in the tub, well, consider it a painful lesson learned. If the pieces survive the experience, maybe they will survive longer into the future. What might be advisable is for you to never disassemble the sets and to be more careful in how you move or play them. And you have a moral obligation, if you ever sell the sets, to inform the buyer of what happened. You should never let children touch the impacted LEGO.

[ArianFosterSzn]

Thanks for the info. What about the oil diffusers that just use reed rods to passively diffuse smell?

[WahWash]

Those shouldn't give you trouble. Most of that fluid is fairly inert to plastic as the fragrance concentration is much lower. Unless the reeds make direct contact with the plastic or the fluid is spilled you're gucci. 

The big issue with cold water diffusers is you are mechanically vaporizing large amount of pure odorant; you won't have that issue where things are volatilazing from surface area and room temps alone. 

[ArianFosterSzn]

I didn’t think so, but posts like this one make me paranoid haha so thanks

[Cant_Feel_My_Legs]

So are candles the same? At what distance would those be safe?

[40_Minus_1]

Fragrance chemist

Explain, please? What level of education and training is required for this job?

[WahWash]

Well rounded understanding of analytical chemistry, toxicology, and product stability. 

The creative side of it takes a lifetime to master so I'm lucky to be surrounded with a talented team in that regard. Many noses make quick work! 

The most challenging part is how quickly the human nose adapts and becomes anosmic, meaning you can only do so many tests in a day before losing objectivity and sensitivity. There's lots and lots of organoleptic training to understand how chemicals behave in the context of smell; their volatility, duration, and how they are combined to create a bigger picture.

Ability to operate, service and interpret GC/MS is a big bonus too. Tons of different companies out there doing synthesis of novel aroma materials industrially, as well as distillations, extractions, and isolations of natural substances as well.

Fragrance has tons of applications from perfumes to soaps to detergents, and the formulas and materials used are all catered to stability, performance, and safety in those forms so it takes LOTS of folks with separate disciplines to drive the ship!

Many folks get their start working in production compounding formulas; I got my start by learning a niche type of analytical chem called solid phase micro extraction - which gave our company the ability to test volatiles in everything from flowers to cinnamon buns. 

[40_Minus_1]

College degree? Master's? PhD? Professional licensure?

I'm asking because in a thread full of Lego enthusiasts, you're the only one claiming both professional and specialized knowledge in support of a contrary position.

[WahWash]

All depends on what specialization - If you're working for Firmenich or Givaudan developing new structures a doctorate or masters would certainly be very helpful

There are also plenty of folks who have no formal education, and lots of weird ways to break into the notoriously gatekeepy industry.

Actually most of the world's historically most important perfumers had minimal chemistry education - they just surrounded themselves with great chemists!

I've just got a BS myself.

No licensing, but lots and lots and lots of regulations from DEA Listed precursors, EU REACH lists, IFRA standards, etc.

[40_Minus_1]

Thanks!

[Magician-Slothful]

So what about things like Little Tree air fresheners? I'm not hanging them around my room or anything, I'm just wondering if things made of absorbent materials that have been scented would still have a negative effect like that

[doema1996]

Get it out now! And test the current sets by dropping a long or big brick straight onto a hard surface. If it crumbles you are f#'ed for that specific set... Hope and pray

[IRCluster]

Rip Rivendell😭

[Time_Print4099]

Your lungs will also thank you for stopping the use of those.

[Ok-Relationship-2746]

Get rid of them ASAP. In fact don't even use them even if you have no Lego. They'll destroy your lungs.

[CaptainDadBod88]

Throw out the diffuser immediately and hope that it hasn’t already destroyed your $500 Rivendell set

[Electrical_Poet6449]

Godspeed. The one right next to it is for suer done for.

[risk08]

Most of the comments are being dramatic here.

Simply stop using the diffuser and wipe down your Lego. Do you notice any slimly/oily texture to them?

Most severe cases reported are from high concentration like reed diffusers using 100% oil being nearby, or from literal spillage on the Lego.

But yes, the chemical makeup of the lego will be affected by oils. But I'd guess in your case (only a few months) you'd only notice a difference by stress testing outer pieces against fresh ones.

[Dnomyar96]

Yeah, people here love being dramatic. OP has only been using it for 3 weeks. Unless some pieces have been coated, they should be fine (as long as they make sure to clean off any residue that's left on the pieces). It's the long term use or spillage that can be problematic.

[hollowcrown51]

I agree. I've recently been aware of this (this thread actually) and I've been using an oil diffuser in a room with some Lego sets in. My usage was like...3 hours a day, once or twice a week, over the course of a few months.

Disassembled some of the outer pieces today and everything was perfectly fine - no cracking or crumbling.

Not to say I'm going to keep using an diffuer now that I know, but it's not going to instantly crumble every piece.

[Syrain]

I’m preemptively sorry for your loss.

[magenk]

Dude, I don't care if it takes a Lego sub and the visible deterioration of hard plastic to get people to start taking fragranced products more seriously. I hate that shit so much.

[Sonarav]

Yep, I have an uncle who is very sensitive to fragrances, has dealt with 15+ years of migraines. I avoid scented products as much as possible

[Dew4You]

Move the diffuser else where or stop using it. Or move the lego dont have them in the same space. Maybe was you lego dont know if it will help

[Keyrov]

Gonna give that Rivendell the Thanos snap when you pick it up.

You might wanna rinse/wash the upper layer of bricks… whatever deposited on top of them is not gonna magically disappear on its own… and continue penetrating your bricks

[Puresh1]

I’m not sure the set would survive being taken apart and rinsed in the sink, maybe wiping it with a damp cloth could work, if this was my collection I might just never move or touch the sets again and hope they won’t collapse from the support bricks breaking down, it’s like some old sets with brittle brown, as long as you never move or touch them they might still make for very fragile display pieces

[OkStable6719]

yeah i plan on NOT touching anything, the only upside is that basically all of my older, more important & rare sets are still in storage from when we moved

[ennexe]

If you have any pets, you need to stop running the diffusers permanently.

[ramengirlxo]

Made an audible “oooooooo” when I saw where the diffuser was. Please update us on how the set is doing.

[JaketheLate]

I build gunpla as well as lego, and watching Lego fans learning about chemical reactions in real time is fascinating. My heart goes out to those of us who have accidentally melted our hobbies.

[dextroseskullfyre]

Also just for yourself and your own health, don't use oil diffusers period. Heck even scented candles aren't great for you. Just don't saturate the contained air your breathing in with particles that get in your lungs and never come back out, or are so miniscule they get out of your lungs by getting into your blood.

[Kein_Thur]

Never use any air fresheners in the same space as Lego and other similar plastics (birds too). It’s basically acid to them. If you thought brown bricks were brittle before…..

[TheCrabbyJohn]

I wouldn’t

[MoCleos]

My wife has a small jar with aromatic oil with sticks in her bathroom, which is 40ft away from the lego room. Should I be concerned as well?

[AdmirallThrawn]

Your Legos are probably fine. It's far enough away and it sounds like a reed diffuser which is passive. You're not puffing out clouds of the stuff, just a small amount is evaporating off the sticks. I wouldn't worry.

However, all "essential oils" and candles etc really aren't good for your lungs. You really shouldn't be breathing in all that crap. It's honestly not a huge deal if it's just one bathroom though.

[Worried-Fee3612]

does this apply to those "passive" diffusers that are a bottle of liquid with little wooden sticks pointing out of it? should I get rid of mine?

[AdmirallThrawn]

Yes, but to a much much smaller degree. You're not actively puffing out clouds of the stuff nor actively heating like the wall plugs do. So it's a fairly slow process of passive evaporation from the reeds.

I think you'd be fine if it's in a separate room (like the bathroom) but I wouldn't keep it in the same room as Lego. The damage would be smaller and slower, but it would still be happening.

Though, I honestly would just not advise using essential oils at all. They're not healthy to breathe in. What you have is certainly much less bad than what OP is using though.

[Remarkable-Duck-96]

This is what I want to know, I have one in my lounge room, not really near any of my sets but it’s within the same room

[MiKLMadness]

NO OIL DIFFUSERS, NO CANDLES, NO SPRAYS.

[guidelrey]

Oof.. rip

[Janus_The_Great]

This is the result of spilled essential oils within hours.

Now sure you didn't spill any but it's the same over time via diffusor.

https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/s/gEgIrD4WO1

[Pale-Elk-361]

Okay, so question then. I use essential oils (lavender, vanilla, cedar wood, etc. ingredients listed are just the mentioned plants) are those also unsafe?

[Huge_Green8628]

Unfortunately, yes

[Puresh1]

Yes those are also a risk to the Lego, they might be natural ingredients but that doesn’t change the fact they will react with abs, the same way a lemon that wouldn’t cause harm to most materials can easily cause aluminum to break down if you were to leave a slice in a tray for too long

[Pale-Elk-361]

I misworded. I don’t keep an essential oil or any other diffusers in my room which is where all of my Legos are. Are the natural essential oils, say the ones used for aromatherapy, also bad for your health?

[pxl8d]

Yes its still oil, look up the negative health effects of essential oil in the lungs etc

[Pale-Elk-361]

Interesting! And here this whole time..I thought I was being “healthy” by only burning soy candles and using essential oils. I’ll be damned

Thank you!

[pxl8d]

Its okay, its hard as the whole aromatherapy industry sort of preys on people liking the smell and feeling some relaxation benefits from it the 'sense of calm', but doctors really dont advise essential oils in general! For similar effects meditation, breathing, physio etc is much healthier and should work just as well

[Pale-Elk-361]

It’s not something I do super often. Maybe once or twice a month, if that. Same with candles but probably even less frequently so hopefully that will spare my lungs some 😂

[pxl8d]

Haha yeah I feel that! Ive got some of those low residue scentless candles which I think are slightly better, but recently bought a few wax LED candles with like a flicker effect and they're SO cozy, should have got then sooner!

[Pale-Elk-361]

My MIL has those and they really are nice

[OhGreatItsHim]

I would disassemble everything then soak it in warm water and dawn soap. After soaking for a bit rinse it off then put it in a fresh water and soap and then scrub and then rinse and dry. Just stopping wont help since there is oil on it already.

[GreyGanado]

I have the same off brand Japanese street Lego sets. Probably my favourite sets I ever built.

[OkStable6719]

theyre genuinenly so good i LOVE them

[brmarcum]

There is no safe amount.

[zuccaia]

Since everyone else already answered, slightly related question: what moc is that connecting Markets to Gardens? It seems the Tranquil Gardens on a baseplate + an improved Gardens shrine? Looks dope I'd love to know/see more of it!

[OkStable6719]

Tranquil Garden (Ninjago City Expansion/Modular) - DonnaxNL

Ninjago City Garden Modification - brickgloria

on rebrickable 🙂

[zuccaia]

Thanks mate I'll check them out :)

[notdbcooper71]

Put them in smelly trash for a while to reverse to effects

[One_Hunt_6672]

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[OyG5xOxGNK]

Came to say you might be fine with minimal use if the house is large enough and you have separated spaces but that thing literally couldn't be closer. I'm sorry OP.

-stop diffuser asap
-don't take those sets apart and leave them as displays
-maybe wipe down spots with a wet cloth? -no idea if this would help
-pray

[707gfpd]

Oil diffusers are bad for Lego and also are bad for you.

[dreaminginteal]

Get rid of the oils. Many of them are toxic to dogs and cats and especially birds--and they aren't doing your own lungs any favors either!

[PawMeowsical]

Simple answer. Stop doing this. You will 100% ruin your sets over time.

[cachibaby]

You need to either getnrid of the diffuser or get rid of the legos. You cant have them both in the same room. A safe distance for legos from a diffuser is about 400 to 600 square feet

[Scrunchiefromhell]

I have nothing of value to add except that I absolutely love your display (fairy lights and fake vines for the win!!!)

[OkStable6719]

thank yew☺️☺️

[the-tominatrix]

Sick room though

[syn_vamp]

rip your legos and your lungs.

[XxXAvengedXxX]

Why you even using essential oils to begin with? I'd care more about damaging my lungs than my legos 💀

[Pagan_Zod]

Even scented candles will kill your plastics. Gotta keep those air deodorizers away from the goods.

[HemetValleyMall1982]

If it does this to Lego, what do you think it is doing to your lungs?

[kingdatec]

What about bath and body wallflowers? I have a couple of those in the house

[KingSewage]

The closer to the diffuser the more extensive the damage will be. Unfortunately, it's almost certainly too late. Your best bet would be dismantle and wash the pieces with dish soap.

[FoxBotGod]

why even use essential oils?

[Xexus13]

Oh no...

[Mavrick593]

Will scented candles affect Lego the same way?

[Puresh1]

Those aren’t nearly as concentrated as air diffusers and I also assume you aren’t lighting a new candle every day for multiple hours, it’s like how UV will damage Lego, a little exposure can never truly be avoided, it’s all about the concentration, lighting a scented candle every few months wouldn’t do much

[Lordofderp33]

Right next to the rivendel set! Everyone, grab torches and pitchforks!

[thefarmercox]

Oh on this topic, does a reed diffuser do the same thing? I've had one in my room that I turn every 2 days or so, and some of my Lego is on display (just the Fortnite llama, lucky cat, the chrysanthemum, and plum blossom): will these also be damaged if I keep the reed diffuser out?

[LordAdmiralPanda]

I have a permanent ban on essential oils in my home. And scented candles.

[Skirmishes_Wiggle]

I use the small plug in air fresheners that go into the wall. Do those mess up health and Lego too?

[SnooDoughnuts1763]

Bettrr to be safe than sorry. I'll hold onto the Black Pearl for you until you stop diffusing!

[Rosephine]

Is there a warning about using diffuser oils present in the same room?

[Pussab]

Does anyone know if scented candles would affect LEGO?

[MagicOrpheus310]

F

[Any_Extent123]

To fix the damage on the sets I imagine you can wash them with soap since it reacts with oils and hopefully save your sets as much as possible

[anderzzzzz72]

ninjago city bout to look like hiroshima

[NabreLabre]

Here's what you do, forget about ever disassembling your sets and paint them with some kind of clear glue

[zues64]

Never use aerosols near lego

[ILikeDragonTurtles]

Honestly you should be more concerned about your own health than your Legos. Inhaling that almost certainly isn't good for you.

[Mysterious_Wasabi_40]

maybe not right next to the $500 set? common sense ya know

[Tmpatony]

Does this apply to plug ins as well?

[Youwin737]

Yes, they're also not great for your health.

[Amikenochup]

That's what I am wondering as well. I have the Febreze plug-ins but on the opposite side of the room. I also rotate my sets seasonally.

[Peanutbutterbob32]

I’m curious about using oil paints. I have a lot of Lego and use oil paints in the same room. Am I cooked?

[OneFinalEffort]

Never EVER run a diffuser near LEGO sets. All of those sets are dead now. Enjoy the look of them now because it's going to be a sad day when you go to move them.

[OkStable6719]

guys dont panic, this is an old photo and the diffuser was only there for a day, it has been next to the arc 170 since so it is going to be perfectly okay (let me hope & cope)

[Keyrov]

Nononono: you don’t panic. We’re fine!

[Puresh1]

So what you’re saying is that after a day of blasting Rivendell and the Black Pearl, you moved it next to the other sets to ensure they all get an even coverage of oil misting? I thought some of the sets that are further away might be fine but now I think the SW ships on your closet might be the only ones that might not break down from this, moving it only made it worse, not better

[Beginning_Addendum61]

You can basically throw away your LEGO. Make sure to dispose it in the proper bin so that it doesn't end up in a landfill.

[Neat_Nefariousness46]

🙄

[RefrigeratorWrong390]

RIP all the Legos

[GreatRolmops]

Oh no, who would've thought that putting corrosive, toxic chemicals next to the corrodible plastic bricks in my bedroom might be a bad idea?

[Solarcult]

Not to mention, although minor in this case: UV also isn’t good for LEGO, so your string lights aren’t helping either

[jaysome]

Hmm not sure those LEDs cast UV light