Tom, If you can dish it out, surely you can take it. I didn't call you stupid. I called the idea of using a wire brush stupid. I had no fire hazard. You weren't there. Now that all this is over, let's start again, shall we?
Tim Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:14 PM Subject: [S-Trains] cleaning AF track/roadbed. Roadbed in dishwasher? I wouldn't try that. The temperature would be too high,and the detergent too strong. The roadbed might survive but might be made pretty brittle too. Doubt it would last as long. Armorall contains a substance that attacks rubber. Check the archives; we went all up and down that one. I think I will do a little research on maintaining rubber. We need to know more on this. Cleaning Flyer track is not fun. Now,if you are confronted with a box with say 300 pieces of dirty AF track, and you want to attack it with a tooth brush or a scotch brite pad, be my guest. It's gonna take you a while!!! I would rather use a method that's a little more efficient, thanks. A glass bead cabinet would be good, but most of us don't have access to one. A wire wheel is ok, but many passes must be made to get it at all the proper angles of attack . The brush's wires will get into several different planes simultaneously. Also, the wire wheel takes off too much metal unless great care is used. And should the wire wheel snag a piece of track and hurl it, injury could result. Therefore, I feel that the most efficient way of cleaning AF track is with a long handled wire brush as described. It does not produce museum quality restoration in most cases, but does quickly get the track clean enough to operate well and look good. The wire brush will remove scenery materials and oxidation. After that, wiping the track with a rag wet with isopropyl alcohol will remove oil and grease. If the track hasn't been used for years this may not be necessary. And Tim, while the insulators may get scratched a little, their integrity will not be threatened. They are not ordinary paper or cardboard, but a tough fiber board substance. Further, I resent being called "stupid" by someone whom I was teaching how to wire their layout, only a few months ago, and doing it urgently because the way you had it wired was a fire hazard. We have found that three things are absolutely necessary to make this list work: No politics. No religion. No insults. Let's keep it that way. Tom Jarcho S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
