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Re: train track prservation
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:16:08 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes:
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> <snip>
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> In one of the previous threads on track dirtiness that Michael started, he
> said he lives by the sea.
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> We don't keep a particularly clean house, we get dust and mud all over it,
> all the time. We have damp in the basement, we have must and mold in some
> places (and it's ruining other things in my collection like boxes) we have 4
> cats and the attendant cathair dustbunnies. Yet I don't have this track
> dirtiness problem, and some of my track is now going on 4 years old (yes,
> some people have much older track). However I also do not live anywhere near
> salt air.
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> The ONLY truly dirty track I have ever seen was when Chris Leach showed me
> some. His kids actually had taken it outside to play with it in the mud. But
> it cleaned up well with soap and water. *That's* what my mud comment
> referred to.
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> THIS dirt that Michael refers to seems to be of a different nature than mud.
> Hence my question, does he have trouble keeping other sorts of stainless
> clean? "Stainless" isn't anywhere near truly *impossible* to stain, it does
> get corrosion and dirt under certain circumstances. There are a lot of
> different types of stainless, though. It seems to get dirty faster in
> certain environments than others.
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> I am no metallurgist but if it's possible to narrow down why it's getting
> dirty maybe it's possible to prevent it. That usually is less work in the
> long run than repeated cleaning.
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> I do not know why this topic went unremarked in .trains before, it certainly
> is a valid and interesting topic for that group. I've XFUT there. Maybe now
> with a little more info something can be determined.
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> On Ross's suggestion about mineral spirits (Isopropyl alcohol, I think some
> know it as)... be careful not to get that on rubber parts (12V gray wheel
> rings, the little black O rings on 9V) as I think it has a tendency to
> accelerate perishing of the rubber.
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> > Now now! I Think Benjamin was referring to someone sniping about the "p"
> > word rather than Larry's light-hearted comment about mud and cleanliness.
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> It wasn't meant to be either a light hearted jest, OR an attack. Merely an
> inquiry. Ignore any trouble Scott is trying to cause here, please, and stay
> focused on the topics if you would.
I'm not trying to cause "trouble" Larry. I was just stating that I thought
your message was more rude than helpful, and I still do despite your
squirming. If you want to continue bickering over this Larry, reply to this
message somewhere suitable and I shall take apart your squirming.
No big deal. As Pete said, lets not get worked up about this.
Scott A
> I seriously wanted to know if M had
> trouble keeping other sorts of stainless clean.
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> ++Lar
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| (...) That's an issue with your reading comprehension, not the message. (...) When someone catches you in a lie, pointing it out is "bickering", apparently. That's another lie. This "bickering" characterisation is the same lie you used to try to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes: <snip> In one of the previous threads on track dirtiness that Michael started, he said he lives by the sea. We don't keep a particularly clean house, we get dust and mud all over it, all the time. We have (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains)
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