I'm fairly sure this subject does not belong here in GOOD housekeeping - but how do I clean cat s**t out of a big tub of lego?

[colditz]

Madam SpikyPaws has obviously mistaken ds1's nice rattly Lego in its nice big plastic tub for her litter tray (also a big plastic tub with rattly litter in).

So in my garden, I now have a big tub of catsh*t covered tiny pieces of Lego.

So when you have finished convulsing with either laughter or disgust, some ideas on how to clean and salvage it (if indeed that is even possible) would be welcome.

Eww. Chuck it?
If you really must keep it I'd hose it down in the shower. Ewww

chuck bleach and a load of water in and keep tiping the water out and adding more??

I'm not really sure other than sift through the box yuk

Will the box fit in the washing machine? If so just shove the lot in (will make a racket!)

Failing that power hose it (and then spend hours retrieving lego which has been blasted around the garden)

Or sellotape the shit inside the box and hurl the lot in the wheelie bin

Put them into pillowcases, shove into the washing machine and set on a short cycle,and go out as its very noisy, but a god way to clean lego, and any plastic toys actually.

My mum had to do it, many many moons ago, for the same reason

Oh, its not that bad! Gather up all the pieces, dunk them in the bath, pour in some washing powder and scrub!.. You may want to add a little bleach for good measure!

Enjoy...

Colditz throw it out of course!!!

My first instinct is to chuck it, I must admit. But there is a good 5lb of lego there. And I will never be able to replace it and some of it used to be mine

Personally, I'd first hose it down, then pour off the water and then pour very hot (boiling?) water and lots of washing up liquid onto it, and give it a good shake about or scrub it with an old washing up brush. I'd then rinse it off and pour in a weak bleach solution and then rinse it again - but then I'm a bit anal about germs!

oh, i meant, empty the lego out of the box and into a pillowcase. the box will be easy enough to clean by itself in the sink with bleach.

No no no, Lego has loads of nooks and crannies and cat shit is toxic, even washing it in the machine will not do it.

don't let it dry colditz,...pour over boiling water and plenty of bleach first, use gloves, (toxyplasmosis) give it a good stir with a stick, let it sit for a couple of minutes,...then repeat until you're happy to handle it

How about picking through and getting the bits with no visible poo into a tub of hot bleach?

Well, i'm still sitting here typing to tell the tale

On a hot wash, it really does clean it thoroughly. you can always then soak it in a tub of milton or bleach if you are still worried.

ick!! i would chuck it, sorry!

It's outside in the rain. I don't know when the __furry-- mittens walking kitten did the dirty deed anyway.

Put it in pillowcase and in washing machine.

Rubber gloves on. Pick through the box and get lego out, and put in a bucket of hot soapy water. Stir vigorously. Empty water and repeat with hot water + bleach, several times. Put lego in an old pillowcase and tie top. Run through washing maciene on extra extra hot 3 times.

D'you reckon that'd get the cat poop out of all the little holes?

It is teeny tiny. I can almost see the cat's point ... it must have looked temptingly like a litter tray to her, and it was on the floor.

You have my sympathy Colditz. I can smell either wee or poo in this very room. Your OP made me sniff the lego basket but no. I still haven't found it and am walking around like a rubbish blood hound trying to seek it out.

I also had to clean it off two pairs of boots the other day and it actually stained the rubber.

oh good grief, and i thought 3 shitty washable nappies in one day today was bad...

id wash it, personally. that much lego is a small fortune to buy. id do a mix up of all the method listed below... obviously starting with the ones which require least actual hand-contact with the shit [ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww]

heres a sympathetic for you (which wont hel at all)

No come on, sit there with and clean every piece of lego individually with a toorhbrush to get out the last remnants of cat shit. Come one, you know you wanna!

I would tip in in the bath and jet blast it with the shower head. Then after exhaustive jet blasting, put it in the dishwasher.

Yuck.

I would do what FairyFay said.

I have made A Decision.

Tomorrow afternoon will be entirely given over to picking out the salvagable lego (with gloves on). This i will place into a bucket of hot bleachy water and the rest I will chuck. Most of it does not look contaminated. Then I will put it in a pillow case and run it through a hot biological wash.