Well Don, I've been using Goo-Gone since 1999 with the Centerline track cleaning car on both my Shinorha Flex track AND seasonal S-Trax usage.
None of my track or equipment's (This includes SHS, AM, Lionel/Flyer, Traditional Gilbert Flyer, River Rasin, Omnicon, SSA, American HiRail, Cleveland, Rex, Ace and several other's I can't identify.) wheels, bearings, trucks or traction tires has failed, broken, swollen, shrunk, dissolved, crumbled, evaporated, exploded, imploded, dematerialized or disappeared into another dimension in all that time. Even at locations where I've over-filled or over-shot the roller cloth and Goo-Gone dripped onto the tracks, everything's fine. My Goo-Gone cleaned track has even survived the Mayan Apocalypse... The thing with your customer's issue was he dunked the trucks and I suspect he probably either didn't wipe out the bearings or didn't get all the Goo-Gone out. I wonder why he felt the need to do an emersion of the trucks in the first place. Rich G(ajnak) --- In [email protected], Don Thompson <don@...> wrote: > > Goo Gone... One of our customers decided to clean his SHS freight car wheels > with Goo Gone. He dipped each truck into the solution and then wiped down > the wheels. The delrin bearings slowly dissolved as he ran the freight cars > around. We replaced the trucks for him. I just wonder what Goo Gone over > time might do to the tiny delrin spikes on the plastic ties of flex track? > Don > > On Dec 31, 2012, at 5:13 PM, richgajnak wrote: > > > Ther appears to be as many theories about cleaning track as there are stars > > in the sky. > > > > It all boils down to "whatever works for you." > > > > Personally, even though my layout's in an unfinished basement, I only > > occasionally have to run a Centerline track cleaning car with Goo-Gone on > > the roller. > > > > For the occasional tough spot in switch points or nasty dark spot, I use a > > Brite-Boy. > > > > I've also noticed my DC locomotives tend to find the nasty spots faster > > than my DCC locomotives. > > > > Rich G(ajnak) > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
