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Has anyone heard tell of using mr clean magic erasers for cleaning track. I read that one of its uses is to clean silverware so I'm thinking it could work on nickel silver. Kirk
I had read about folks who use a stainless steel washer, hard-rubbed over the rails after cleaning them,to "burnish" the rail surface.Well, I had some handy little 1" square stainless steel plates with smooth edges, so I tried this.What I noticed was that in places where I had used very fine sandpaper (400 or 800 grit)to clean up after ballasting and weathering, this still left quite visible scratches in the rail head that I could see under magnification. Burnishing with the steel plate completely removed these,leaving a super-smooth surface.The trains immediately ran better, and immediately my track cleaning problems went away.. . . .So I think that using anything that abraids that railhead, however slight, is a bad idea.The burnishing did amazing things.
Ah, the gleem track polishing method touted on the A-board. I remember that.
My GF just showed me a bottle of "Purple Cleaner". Worked great on monitor and other flat screens. Claims to clean nearly every thing. Joe D
Funny, but just saw this product and bought a bottle at the local home show. Cleaned my wedding band very nicely. Talked of how it charged positive ions to clean. I asked how it affected electrical conductivity. Sales rep didn't know, so I may try a small area and see if it works without harmful effects.