No mess "Gleam"

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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For those of us who Gleam our rails this product might be an alternate to the

paste products that leave a powder residue . My wife bought it at an Ace

hardware store [ in the household cleaning area]. The product is in a spray can,

use with good ventilation. Spray small amount [ a little goes a long way] on a

soft cloth[ t- shirt etc.] wrap around finger and run down rail–rotating spot on cloth

no rubbing or polishing required–cleans ,polishes,covers scratches and leaves a hard

protective coating with NO RESIDUE. I Hope someone else will test try this product

to help confirm it’s usefullness yes or no.

Sheila Shine 10oz can-----www.sheilashineinc.com

Thanks for looking and your comments

Tomas [old man in the mountains]

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Let’s just make the link clickable shall we?

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Thanks Jeff I need to learn more about this new think called Computer.

I’m still in the dark ages.

Tomas

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Funny that Sheila shine would pop up in my world again. Back in 70’s when GE built transit cars, we used Sheila Shine by the gallons to polish the Stainless Steel that the cars were made of. Didn’t know it could be used for GLEAM . Great find.

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Great tip, Tomas.

If you would like to replicate the magic of enabling your link, when you either copy or simply paste it into your text box, just hit the “enter” key and it will turn red. When you eventually post your message, it will show up as it does in the reply.

-Crandell

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Unless you use Firefox. With Internet Explorer (IE), the above method works. However, with Firefox, it doesn’t so I have to create the link in my reply box.

To create a clickable link:

  • Click on the Insert/edit link icon in the middle top row of your Message Tool bar. It looks like this:

  • Hightlight the text you want to create into a link. (This can either be the actual URL OR your choice of a word or words)
  • Enter the web address (URL) in the Link URL text box, then click Insert.

You now have a clickable link. [:)]

Tom

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Aaah sooo…! Thanks, Tom. [:)]

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Sheila Shine! Now that brings back memories for me too! Great stuff for polishing up stainless steel (SS), and do you know how much SS is found in restaurant kitchens? A LOT! I worked in the restaurant biz for 18 years, and I know about elbow grease too!

And it works on many other metals, never would have thought of using it on model railroad rails.

Great idea!

Thanks,

Ryan

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Tom, you have step 1 and 2 transposed. You have to highlight the text before the insert link button is available.

Another option is to write the link like you would insert an image, substituting [ url ] and [ /url ] (sans spaces) for the [ img ] [ /img ] tags.

When you write it, the link would look like this prior to hitting the submit button – url www.somewhere.com[ /url ]. Note that the “http://” part is optional.

you can even get fancy and write it like this – [ url=“http://www.somewhere.com” ] Check this out! [ /url ]. Note that in this method the “http://” is required, and you need to use the double quote to surround the URL.

Working examples –

  1. www.handlaidtrack.com
  2. FastTracks

Honestly this way is easier for m

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Just purchased a quart of Sheila Shine at Ace for $14.00

My Port Doom Railroad is as dirty as any can be so this will be a good trial.

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I personally don’t like the Gleem method, but a “no mess” version of it that I found was using one of those polishing compound sticks instead of the liquid stuff. Those sticks you use with a buffing wheel. Just rub one of those down your rail heads and then buff with a piece of cork. Doesn’t get all over the sides of your rails that way.
They sell them at hardware and auto parts stores.