Hi Tom...I've had success with using the dishwasher to clean rubber roadbed. I use only the "short"cycle and take it out before the "drying"cycle starts. I then let it "air" dry on newspapers. I did a whole bunch about 10 months ago and the roadbed appears to be OK. Maybe, try one piece in your dishwasher(that's dirty of course!)and see how it works in your machine... Al Kielek ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:14 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/ > > 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/
