https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/06/how-to-keep-tracks-clean.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-keep-tracks-clean Model railroads and model trains Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/06/how-to-keep-tracks-clean.html#comment-325 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:17:56 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/06/how-to-keep-tracks-clean.html#comment-325 I use 90% isoprophyl alcohol available from the local drugstore and foam pads that are used for applying and cleaning off makeup.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2009/06/how-to-keep-tracks-clean.html#comment-322 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:11:02 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2009/06/how-to-keep-tracks-clean.html#comment-322 Marty, I used cleaning cars for quite a while, the ones with the drag pad..They do ok but you need to clean the pad quite often…Alcohol is my go to cleaner for close areas and some smaller yards, I use a old T shirt, and two fingers, one on each rail,as the area gets dirty I just move to a clean area on the rag, keep the cleaning area wet with alcohol…The very best cleaning I have ever found is by getting a CMX cleaning machine, a brass unit that holds liguid, it has a filler tube and a drip valve….I use lacquer thinner, high strength in the unit and follow the instructions. The thinner eveporates at a good rate and the cleaner really works, the rails so clean you cannot rub any black off at all with your fingers.You need to wipe the cleaning pad as grim shows up, but with the wet pad a paper towel does this quickly…I have tried other things to clean, WD 40, GooGone, both work but I like the evaporation, as with alchol and the thinner….Herb Sr

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