 Joined: 20/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 426 Location: Worcestershire, UK
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Rolling stock (and buildings for that matter) can be very delicate with lots of fine and delicate detailing. However, unless you live in a vacuum, dust has an annoying habit of getting on to everything and you will want to get rid of it from time to time.
Blowing it away doesn't always work and the use of a cloth (even a soft one) can be disastrous for the tiny bits so I looked for an alternative and have discovered that a ladies powder brush make the ideal duster. These are widely available at prices from about 3 pounds/euros/dollars (although the more you pay the better quality you get). I paid about 5 pounds for mine, it is incredibly soft and causes no damage to anything and it is very effective at removing dust from even the tiniest cracks and crevices.
One of my locos (E60) has a balcony at one end which is too narrow for the powder brush to access so I have recently augmented my cleaning tools with an eye-shadow brush, which is equally soft but with much shorter and narrower fibres.
I can thoroughly recommend this approach to cleaning and have found it highly effective so I thought that I would pass on this tip. |
Robert
Era III - IV
2 x Central Station 2 v.2 (60214 + 60215)
Hardware versions 3.6 / 4.33
Software version 4.2.1 (0) |
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 Joined: 26/03/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,423 Location: Brisbane, QLD
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A camera lens cleaning brush works well too. Some have a puffer built-in. |
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 Joined: 14/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Wurttemberg
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 Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,870 Location: Gibraltar, Europe
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Thanks Robert, I'll have to steal my wife's brushes!  I currently use a new half-inch paintbrush, the type with soft natural bristles. For narrow spaces I use an artist's brush, also with soft bristles. It's more effective if you blow the dust away after you dislodge it with the brush. You can use a household fan if you run out of 'puff'. For buildings (which gather thicker layers of dust) I use the paint brush with my portable vaccuum cleaner sucking the dust up as I brush. This stops the dust just moving to another part of the layout! Beware of loose items getting sucked up, though! I sometimes have to hunt through the insides of my vaccuum for Preiser figures that couldn't hold on hard enough. |
Ray
Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways
Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.
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 Joined: 30/08/2016(UTC) Posts: 636 Location: Brussels
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Originally Posted by: Robert Davies  ladies powder brush make the ideal duster. These are widely available at prices from about 3 pounds/euros/dollars (although the more you pay the better quality you get). I paid about 5 pounds for mine Camera lens cleaning brushes with a squeeze bulb for blowing the dust away start at about 50c. |
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