TCA recommended Furniture polish

[msacco]

I was re-reading the 700 restoration article and the author mentions this for die cast engines. Does anyone know what it is. I've used Pledge for years but I want to know what this is. Mike S.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

I use pledgeon both my die cast and plastic pieces.  I take a cotton tee shirt material and work the details with an old toothbrush through the tee shirt

Jim

[cwburfle]

I seriously doubt the TCA recommends anything.
Should someone state that the TCA does, I'd appreciate their citing the source.

I'm wondering why anybody would polish something that is nice shape. It just should't be necessary.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

The pledge does a good job of removing light dirt and puts a nice finish that dusts easily.

Jim

[Ole Timer]

 I use Endust spray on a big fat makeup brush . No harming chemicals and does'nt leave any film / residue . It's anti static and ammonia free also .... get the unscented ... then your trains won't smell like a flower garden .... LOL .  Spray it on the brush and dust .... not on the engines and cars directly !    The makeup brushes have long .... very soft bristles that get way down in all the detailed = delicate areas and no damage or pressure required .

 It does'nt polish them or make them shiney .... just cleans the dust off . Then they don't get that plastic look like some polishes do to them . You have to watch useing some polishes ... they actually cause more dust to cling and they buildup in deep detail areas .

 Here is full info .... check it out ..... and no I don't own stock or sell it ... LOL .    http://www.endust.com/ask_endust.aspx#AE9

    

 

[ezmike]

I believe the poster means "CTT" not TCA. Endust is a good choice just for the reasons stated but in some of the old Lionel printed material about the care of their trains I do believe they recommeded using a product called Favor (sp) which is a old brand like Pledge.

 

[msacco]

I'm the original poster and I do mean "TCA". YOu'll see near the end of the 700E article's end (pg 68). I'm a TCA member and I don't know what they recommend Mike s.

[DMUinCT]

msacco

I'm the original poster and I do mean "TCA". You'll see near the end of the 700E article's end (pg 68). I'm a TCA member and I don't know what they recommend Mike s.

I'm also a long time member of TCA.  I know that, as a non-profit organization, they do not aprove products.

1.  TCA does accept advertising from Members Only in their various publications, and they then state a disclaimer in print that TCA "offers neither an express or implied warranty as to financial solvency, performance, or quality of goods furnished by its advertisers,"

2. A large % of the CTT suscribers and Fourm members are TCA members.  Each of us could name a favorite product that we use on our old trains, what has worked for us.  Maybe CTT should have made it clearer.

3. The article was very interesting, restoring a 70 year old, best of Lionel, locomotive.  As a collector, I might wish the restorer had hunted down an original Lionel Motor and "E" unit.  The castings do show (in the CTT photos) some Zink Growth. Note the slope down of the Cab at the back and the push forward of the Steam Chest in the front.  On the Scale Hudsons the boiler is fastened at the Steam Chest and under the Cab which causes any growth to show as an upward bowing of the boiler.  Always have a small Straight Edge with you when looking at early Hudsons.   It might have been well to reinforce inside with some of that epoxy and slot mounting holes to take the pressure off.

In any case, they saved a good example of one of Lionel's greatest locomotives and brought it back to life.  Great job, great story.