I think I had asked you before about this, but now there is a problem ...
I had made diff. trials and had used a pH neutral glue from the Danish Dana for my K tracks
Because of a short circuit around a breaking modul, then I realise that there had been rust after around 12 months and a picture will be added later
I had also sent the picture to Märklin, and they had answer this way:
The first round:Guten Tag
This had been sent via homepage, but now there is also a picture included
A few years ago I contacted you about the glue for ballast in K tracks which Märklin could recommend, but the only response from you was to rust, that it was unknown for Marklin.
I have now tracks with rust after about 18 months and a picture of a 2251 is included in this mail
There is used a non-acid wood glue mixed with 4x water and a little dishwashing agent + a stone ballast.
The underlay is rubber cork and the room is inside our house.
Do you know what has been done wrong
I would like to hear from you
The answer from MärklinDear Mr. Steffensen,
this is the typical result, when a model railroader uses glue with too much water, when he try to fix the gravel at the tracks. Please never make the glue thinner with water. This water will rest in the gravel and starts then with the corrosion of the tracks.
And then I had sent the followingGood evening Mr. Mayer
Thank you for your prompt reply, but there is something I can not get to fit
As I know, is all wood glue today diluted with water for getting the dry matter content to fit and also to be the part, that needs to evaporate, so according to my opinion there is water in all wood glue types
Do you think, that it is wrong ?
If I'm right, then it should just be save to keep dry matter high to avoid water
However, as the viscosity becomes very high .....
And how much water can the K track accept
Do you have another suggestion for diluting a wood glue to avoid the water ?
So the golden questions is
What had I done wrong
Is there a better way
Looking forward from guidelines from you
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