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[quote user="markn"] I had thought of starting the same way-using gun bluing or brown -but you also have to treat the ties -alot of $$ and effort and then you still have track that will not survive a falling branch or a miss-step. [/quote]Gun bluing....Great idea!I'm in no big hurry to start laying permanent track. I have a large deck that extends all the way around my house and a large part of it covered. I plan to take some of the Bachmann track and set it up on the deck just to get my feet wet and test my work while converting my loco to battery/RC.Once I get this temporary setup done, I plan to do some experiments with the track utilizing some of the things we have talked about in this thread....gun bluing, plating, painting, wiping weekly with various rust inhibitors, etc. I will expose samples of each, along with untreated control samples, to the elements and record the results over a long period of time. If nothing else, I will be able to tell for certain exactly how long it will take the untreated sample to deteriorate to an unusable condition. I've been given estimates ranging from 1 month to 3 years! Since I am retired, I am fortunate to have plenty of time to devote to such idle pursuits.So, if there are any more ideas floating around out there, don't be shy, pass them along!Junnie
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