good read, i have been reading about how to keep t/f in good shape and some of the things are a little disturbing.

i store my tfs on a self and because of the depth of the shelf , the shelf casts a shadow , constantly moving the tfs so each time the tfs are expose to different shades can çolour'your transformers.

also humidity in the air and bacteria in the air (inc. dust) can also age your tfs.

These things i am not really sure off, but are interesting things i read along the way.

Also preventing rust is another problem, i watched this BBC science show that a chemist used a metal sharper to kinda use it to oxidise the metal (NOT SURE) . But rust from vapour in the air or moisture from your hands is always a problem. i found out from a 2nd hand mini-bot that strangely one side of the wheels had alot of rust wear while the other did not. So i as thinking of positioning or using other metals in kinda an electrolysis to prevent rusting.

But I believe if premittable remove clear transformers or other, from the plastic and storing it that way, rather than in the factory plastics. The main dangers is that the plastics has chemicals that is causing the problems.