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Re: Dirty Track
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 13:17:35 GMT
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Hi
I did see one, but that's for the 9V track, I think Cliff was on about the
12 Volts
I use Solvent Cleaner and a cotton buds and rub very hard, The black stuff
has some thing to do with the air oxidising on the electric contacts' on the
bottom of the 12V motor, therefore when the 12v goes though this it leaves a
mess on the tracks
Correct me if i am wrong
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Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> wrote in message news:Fp1rxK.EL@lugnet.com...
> I recall that someone around here made a car that cleaned the rail as it
> went. If I remember correctly they mounted a piece of foam rubber to the
> last car of the train. It would clean the track on every pass. Does anyone
> else recall it or have the URL?
>
> -Nick
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> Tony Priestman wrote in message ...
> > On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Cliff Olson (<Fp15CB.FKJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> > 05:16:59
> >
> > > Does anyone have a way to keep that nasty black stuff from getting all • over
> > > the rails of your layout? I just went through a whole box of kleenex • getting
> > > my track clean again.
> >
> > Model railway people use something like an eraser. IIRC, here in the UK
> > they're called track cleaning rubbers.
> >
> > Judicious use of IPA on a cloth may be effective, but I don't know if it
> > affects ABS, so try it on a useless bit first.
> >
> > --
> > Tony Priestman
>
>
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| I didn't see the specific request for 12V but perhaps you are correct. I do believe that 9V track gets dirty as well. Take a look at Ben Fleskes Daylight page: (URL) you look at the image on the bottom it appears that the wheels have acquired some (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| I recall that someone around here made a car that cleaned the rail as it went. If I remember correctly they mounted a piece of foam rubber to the last car of the train. It would clean the track on every pass. Does anyone else recall it or have the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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