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Hello! I show up this pictures by tell to you about important to clean the wheels and the rail. With this message you can see when you have problem on the track too. Even Märklinist do have an enemy...dirt! I use cotton top by clean the wheels and it works easy. With the pictures of the locomotive you see before and after the clean of the wheels by use cotton top and electronic spray name PRF 6-68.    |
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I have had gunk so bad on some old used cars and loks that I first used a toothpick to scrape it off, I believe the gunk came from the rubber traction tires. The final cleaning was done with either rubbing alcohol, GOO GONE or Track Magic. Now I try to do this once a year and check for loose screws as I have lost them in the past - Fred
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Joined: 22/01/2015(UTC) Posts: 207 Location: lower hudson valley, ny
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Goofy, If you are going to use that cleaner I would suggest you have a fan extracting the fumes away from you (out side if possible). At the very least wear a disposable dust or other mask (like a 3M vapor or IFW frated mask), those fumes can affect your lungs and even your internal organs. If you're an older person the consequences can be pretty nasty as regards your airway. I use a less toxic "gun cleaner" that is an organic (less toxic) degreaser made by Birchwood Casey. These cleaning chemicals can have longterm effects, a friend of mine used acetone for many years building fiber glass steam boats, even with gloves, his skin on his hands is damaged and require constant moisturizing.
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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I do keep my trains pretty clean, so I am not dealing with massive buildups of crud - but all of my cleaning is handled by cheap, readily available isopropyl alcohol. Using that for cleaning is WAY safer than electronic cleaning agents. I would suggest that if IPA does not clean up your equipment you might want to improve your maintenance routines.  All MRR stuff works best when it is clean! Edited by user 08 October 2016 15:35:29(UTC)
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Regards,
Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
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Originally Posted by: nitramretep  Goofy, If you are going to use that cleaner I would suggest you have a fan extracting the fumes away from you (out side if possible). At the very least wear a disposable dust or other mask (like a 3M vapor or IFW frated mask), those fumes can affect your lungs and even your internal organs. If you're an older person the consequences can be pretty nasty as regards your airway. I use a less toxic "gun cleaner" that is an organic (less toxic) degreaser made by Birchwood Casey. These cleaning chemicals can have longterm effects, a friend of mine used acetone for many years building fiber glass steam boats, even with gloves, his skin on his hands is damaged and require constant moisturizing. I´m pretty sure you have same problem by use smoke fluid for the steam locomotive. To clean the wheels and the rail is not easy way,but if you know what you are doing by care,just go ahead! |
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