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Cleaning Lionel Aluminum Pass. Cars

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 18, 2001 10:54 PM
THANKS ALEX: WILL PASS ALONG INFO TO FRIEND,WE WERE HAVING A TALK ON HOW TO CLEAN HIS ALUM.,PASSENGER CARS==== HUB
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Posted by Algonquin on Sunday, January 21, 2001 10:45 PM
Thanks Alex,

I had not heard about using SOS pads. I will le you know how they come out.

Tim P.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 21, 2001 9:47 PM
Take off the plastic ends remove the car floors and the window strips, what you have left is solid aluminum that soap wont harm, use care around name plates as to not remove any lettering. On dirty cars you can use SOS bads to get the shine back. Rinse dry and they'll be like new!
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Cleaning Lionel Aluminum Pass. Cars
Posted by Algonquin on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:29 AM
I have a set of Lionel 2530 series aluminum passenger cars from the early fifties. These cars were previously stored in news paper. The surface of the cars appears dirty, most probably due to the news print. I would like to clean these cars. Does anyone know a safe method for cleaning the surfaces?

I seem to recall a CTT article or reader response some years back on this subject, but I have not been able to locate it.

I was thinking it would be OK to remove the plastic vestibles (I believe these are painted silver) and removing the extruded aluminum shells and washing them in warm water with a mild dish washing soap.

Does anyone have any opinions.

Thanks

Tim P.

A penny saved is a penny earned. But every once in a while it is good to treat yourself to a gum ball.

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