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Re: Cleaning LEGO track
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 5 Sep 2000 06:01:09 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Braden Fox writes:
> Sounds like a great pruduct, but what i've always aimed for was a train
> that could tug a track cleaner as the last car possibly, and using ONLY
> lego pieces clean the tracks, i finally got some street cleaner parts level
> with the track, but they just don't do it cause they can't absorb any kind of
> liquid, but if you used some self-adhesive spungy stuff and a couple of
> drops o cleanin fluid you're set, but it's just not lego. Maybe that rubber on
> lego tires could do something, maybe pressed down on the tracks with a
> pneumatic system? that sounds like a project!
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> Braden Fox
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> I know what you're getting at,you probably already know of the Centerline
track cleaning car? This car uses a brass roller wrapped in handi-wipe
material and wetted with a citrus cleaner called Goo-Gone. I had thought about
developing a LEGO version myself. The problem here would be that the roller
needs plenty of weight to be effective. I had heard that someone is trying to
develop a track cleaning car, but his name doesn't come to mind. If anybody
has an idea for a track-cleaning contraption, let us know.
Harvey Henkelman
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> In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes:
> > I've been using a product called Rail-Zip to clean my track. Besides • cleaning,
> > it also improves conductivity without harming the plastic track itself. • Pacer
> > Technology manufactures this and you should find these at any • well-stocked
> > hobby shop. They come in 1 Fl. oz. bottles, use sparingly however. I • wouldn't
> > let this stuff get into the motors of our LEGO trains, it kills tractive
> > effort. So clean your track separately and make sure all the residue is • off
> > the rails before you run your trains.
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| Sounds like a great pruduct, but what i've always aimed for was a train that could tug a track cleaner as the last car possibly, and using ONLY lego pieces clean the tracks, i finally got some street cleaner parts level with the track, but they just (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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