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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Today I just sold a circuit of 9V track from some 4534 sets I got during
> the
> January 2003 clearances on BrickLink, and when I went to retrieve them I
> noticed
> a few tiny spots had "bloomed" on the rails of virtually all of them.
>
> <<http://home.pacbell.net/mcambron/track.jpg>>
>
> Is this normal, or is it the result of changes in humidity or...? Some
> were
> stored in sealed plastic bags, some were FOB (fresh out of box). Will it
> affect
> performance? Should such track be listed as Used even though it has never
> been
> used? Is there an optimum way to store the track to prevent this? BTW
> the
> track {is} Dark Gray, my pictures tend to run to the bluish.
>
> Thanks,
> Maggie C.
I have seen stuff like that on some of my personal track. I live in a high
humidity area (North Carolina) and attributed it to that. Have you tried
rubbing it off? The stuff on my ususually comes right off with either my
finger or a paper towel.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
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