Back on July 25th I wrote a post as to what I do for my tracks. Some disagree, but as has been said, “whatever works”. I use the Center Line, (see pictures below), and it works great. I also use Goo Gone without any problems, I dont’ use Rail Zip, it causes problems for me.
I also have a track cleaning car and use the abraisive bars.
Both have been very successful. Below is how I also use the Goo Gone to clean wheels. Put half of the engine on tracks with a soaked paper towel of Goo Gone and power the other wheels on the track, then I turn the engine around.
Sometimes I just drag the track cleaning car with a good engine around the layout or put it into a consist.
Yes that is the great part about the tuner cleaner, once a year and it’s good. Tuner cleaner is designed to not only clean, but protect from dust, dirt and corrosion as well. It leaves a slight oil on the rails which does not seem to affect traction, but protects from corrosion, pitting and arcing as the locos roll over the rails. Once the fleet cars get the tuner cleaner on the wheels, the whole fleet is now cleaning the rails as the trains run.
I am somewhat ignorant of the “goo gone” method, so after having read up on it, it seems to be the same methodology as the tuner cleaner, only using a product not designed for electrical components.
I am convinced and sold on the tuner cleaner. Nuff said.
Yep it could be thought whacky…but that is the way it is…Norway is ultra careful about lots of things that is why when compared to say the U.K. and more so the States…there are far fewer products on the shelf of your average Chemist/ pharmacy.I have lived here 6 years and i still am not used to it…as we in the U.K have BOOTs the chemist which are huge…and carry to many items if truth be known…
I thought re the alcahol thing…that i was not looking right…but a Norwegian member on another forum confirmed you require a permit/licence to get hold of it…that brings me to another Norwegian thing…Alcahol is strictly controlled and can only be bought from state run off licences!!! and is so expensive it would make your teeth fall out!! you can buy weak beer from supermarket but small choice…
I did manage to order some isopropyl but not from Norway??
i also purchased act 6006 track cleaner & goo gone…I will give the three a go including the burnishing method…and see which works for me…because tyhter is not much concensus on the subject…each as his own favourite…
Yes i am aware that rail zip is not a cleaner but added it in as it goes with the cleaning of track…and like Goo-Gone i was told to steer well clear of the stuff!
this Tuner spray cleaner sounds interesting also…i must try and find some…when you guys say you put it on a block of wood how do you mean…a small block with cloth around it with the tuner clener on then a bit of pressure and push it around both rails??
after making my last post above…i was thinking just a minute…this is one of those occations when language or the meaning anyway can divide the English from our cousins in The USA…
what i mean is what you call TV TUNER is the TV screen[] is this correct? what made me think,was when i serched for tv tuner cleaner it came up with variouse screen cleners in all shapes & sizes and types
but having spent a lot of time searching i have come up with all kinds of spray cleaners…for every task…but am really not sure which, if any come close to the TV Tuner stuff you are using…
don`t suppose anyone could give me a u.k. equivelant? cleaner…last thing i wish to do is buy the wrong stuff…
if anyone knows anywhere in the USA who would supply me let me know
all the best Steve
p.s.Radio shack will only sell direct to customer not via net shop
So, in other words - you haven’t followed my advice of trying to stop by your local gas station and just pick up a bottle of dehumidifier for gasoline (“kondensfjerner”), or stop by a local paint store and pick up some “blåvask” cleaner ?
Actually, looking more closely into the issue - the requirement that you need to have a special permit to buy batches of pure isopropanol (the Norwegian name for isopropyl) was scrapped on April 1st 2005, so it should be perfectly legal to buy it from a drugstore, if you find one that sells it.
Here is a link to jernia - you can get a liter (2 pints) of blåvask for 99 kroner.
Not sure about screen cleaners but that couold be another bet possibility.
TV tuner cleaners…
Older TVs from the older technology used variable capacitors and that involved many plates of metal in the open air, one set of plates was rigid, the 2nd set (or 3rd also) moved according to the knob controls (thats you turning the knob to tune in a TV station.) This changed the “meshing” of the plates and its capacitance and changed the tuning of a TV. Over time dirt, dust and whatever cluttered the plates so a spray TV tuner spray washed off all the dirt and lubricated the parts. Its also pretty good at general cleaning of electronic components, and non-conductive. I hope plastic safe especially when it might be sprayed around plastic parts.
You might ask an auto store on possibilities. Maybe theres some kind of cleaner thats accepted for your country’s use.
must explain…i live 30 km from everywhere…i do not drive…and it is only now & then i get in to Kristiansand…our nearest gararge is a long way off…and whilst i love Jernia have not being for a while…
i am not a very patient person…so i do tend to order things on the net(a lot) and i saw isoprpyl on u.k. site at good price(and they would send to Norge) so i purchased it…
I also purchased Goo-Gone…because of all the differing opinions on this stuff…also ACT 6006 TRACK CLANER & CONDITIONER although i do not have much info on this?
i will do as you suggest next time i am at Jernia and buy the “blåvask”…i can not recall now.but i am sure i was told i should look for 100% isopropyl am i correct in this? can not recall why now…
] is this correct? what made me think,was when i serched for tv tuner cleaner it came up with variouse screen cleners in all shapes & sizes and types