Here is another idea for cleaning dirty/rusty track. Go to your local wood
working supply house, lumberyard, hardware store or K-Mart and look for a
small, yellow wrapper holding a "sanding block' in the wood and tool
section. These things are about the size of a small bar of soap and come in
three
grits, fine, medium and course. Use only the fine grit because the other
two grits will scour the rails, it is that effective.
This product is really sand paper in a hand block form. It is used by
wood workers in place of hand sanding. It only costs about four dollars for
the block and will be the last track cleaning device you will ever use
because they last forever!
We in the CVSGA use them on our display layouts because they don't
collapse when in use but ride the tops of the rails so they don't clip scenery
or take out ballast when in use. With very little effort they leave a nice
burnished finish on the rail tops with no left over sand in the way. To
clean them you just find a paper towel and wipe them off. They will actually
clean rust off a badly marred track. Problem solved.
Lee
McCarty-CVSGA
In a message dated 12/30/2012 11:46:26 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Alex:
I've always used a Bright Boy to clean the tops of the rails. For the ends
and where I need to solder leads, I use a wire brush in a Dremel tool. Be
sure to wear full eye protection because some wire will come off of the
brush at--literally--90 mph.
Brian Jackson
--- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , Alex
Binkley <alex.binkley@...> wrote:
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> Hi:
> I'm installing some of my stockpile of weathered Tomalco rail and
wondering if there is a preferred way of the cleaning the top of the rail and
spots where I need to solder.
> Thanks and Happy New Year
>
