George S posted:Nation Wide Lines posted:I recall once throwing out some 1930s American Flyer boxes, which I hated to do. However, a previous owner had left them out for their dog or cat to pee on and they reeked so bad that I could not throw them out fast enough.
NWL
I don't think there is a good way to clean pee off cardboard. Also, once cardboard gets wet, it will be damaged pretty fast.
There is a whole business in reproduction boxes. There's a guy in the orange hall at York who had a whole multi-table setup. It was mostly postwar boxes if I recall.
I have had problems with the new Lionel LCT boxes. The glue doesn't hold on most of them. I've tried re-gluing with not so good results. I haven't tried Paper Cement yet. Maybe that would work better.
George
Try hot glue, George.
I display special edition cereal boxes. I carefully undo the bottom flap and donate the un-opened contents to a local food bank and then re-seal the bottom with hot glue - does the trick.
