I've had my Snot for about six or seven months now, and though I've heard of it drying out in the jar, I haven't had that problem, yet, and hopefully won't. I keep it in a cool, dry and rather dark place, which is probably helping. And since I've used it, I have had no problem with wheel to rail transference. Just remember to let it dry for a MINIMUM of 12 hours before running the locomotive.
Tom
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I haven't opened my bottle of Snot in five years, and now I'm afraid to look. I used in on a total of four locomotives and I have been generally pleased with the results. As for transfer to the rails, sounds like it was not cured when the item was placed on the rails. I have never encountered a transference problem.
If there's a down side to Bullfrog Snot its that I've heard it tends to dry out in the container rather quickly, considering its cost is there a way it extend its life?
I have used the Bullfrog Snot on a couple of Bachmann 4-8-4s, a Daylight and a NW 611, that were both abysmal pullers. With the Bullfrog Snot on one set of drivers their pulling ability easily doubled. While neither engine gets a lot of running time, they have been in use for a couple of years now without any noticeable wear.
I just did a cleaning of all of my track and found no evidence of transfer either.
A good product that does what it claims to do.
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I thought about using Bullfrog but a friend of mine said that it transfered to the rail and caused problems. Anyone have that problem?
Frogsnot insulates the same way silicone does, it's not conductive.
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Well, yes, silicone insulates, but then so does the Bullfrog Snot. The only thing I'd be wondering about is whether or not the silicone would go on the drivers evenly. I know the Snot tends to even itself out as it's applied. I will admit that I was a little hesitant about using the Bullfrog Snot at first, but after putting it on one set of drivers of my Proto2000 USRA 2-8-8-2 and watching the pulling power almost double--without interfering with the electrical pickup, I applied it to another loco that was a "meh!" puller, a Custom Brass Rio Grande 4-8-2. Again, a rather remarkable increase in pulling power and no noticeable decline in electrical pickup (I'm DC, btw). So I certainly recommend the Snot.
My only concern about the silicone would be even application to the driver tread and longevity. I applied the "snot' to these two locomotives about six months ago and so far have not had it wear off the treads. I don't know how long silicone would last.
Clear silicone = insulation. 'Nough said.
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