I have used ScotchBrite with soap and water on old brass track. (30 to 40 year old stuff). It seem to clean just about everything. The rails look like new.
- cheapskate Rich
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Thanks for the tips, folks.
>>If the track is brass, it's a collector's item... good one. Actually it's all NS so I'll give Jeffrey's plain water tip a try. Hey Jeffery, great to meet another LA modeler here. I'm in the burbs just outside New Orleans.
Barry
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I just knocked out the ballast with a screw driver and hit the bottom with some 150 grit sand paper. DON'T USE LACQUER THINNER! It will make the ties soft if not melt them. Well the thinner I use for painting 1:1 cars will.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
I saw a recent post about what to use for gluing down ballast. What about a recommendation for cleaning ballast from old track? I picked up some turnouts on Ebay and they're in great condition, just need to clean out some old ballast from between the ties. Could I dunk them in something to dissolve the glue and not harm the rails?
ThanksBarry
New Orleans, LA