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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by locomotive10 Hey Ya'll Are you tired of cleaning your rails in the garden dry? Are you tired of buying gallons and gallons of expensive track cleaning fluid, well your prayers have been answerd with my new, fulproof recipe or track cleaning fluid that uses ordinary, everyday mateirials. After several hours slaving away in my "Lab", and trying several cleaning chemical combinations, I have the solotion. This track cleaning fluid leaves your brass rails and or stainless silver rails or any knid of rails shining and clean like a Dutch Wistle. The fluid is very easy to make and it takes less than 2 minutes to mix it all togeather. Here is the recipe: 1. 2 parts Rubbing Alchol (To kill the germs and disenfect the rails) 2. 2 parts Windex or STRONGER (To give the rails a brand new squeaky clean shine that can't be beat) 3. 1/2 part Water (To mildley dilute the mixture and wa***he dirt away) I have tested it on the following scales and brands of track: N (All brands), HO (All brands), O(2 and 3 rail), and G (LGB and Aristo code 332. it works on 225 as well) Nick [/quote] [:O] Sorry Nick, I'm sure that your formula may work on YOUR layout,but not on others.Putting any kind of a liquid track cleaner on ANY type of track is a big NO NO !! Granted I am sure that there will be alot of people who will disagree with me,but you should know that Windex contains ammonia,and ammonia IS a harsh chemical.Yes you are diluting it a little,though you are putting that on your track, and yes it will "clean" the track to your liking,though deeper results will show that the fluid WiLL start to eat away the track. Why do you see that there are no liquid track cleaners on the market,such as Bachmann,and Life-like made years ago.It contained an acid that was eating the track away.It may not show it soon,but it will over time,and I dont think you want to be replacing track,especially that of LGB and the like.You skould be using a "Brightboy" track cleaner.Do NOT even use sandpaper,SOS pads,anything that is har***o the track,as these will make your track look very poorly,and trains wont operate on it very good either. How do I know this,many years of working in a hobby shop,and seeing what these cleaners did to fellow modelers track,and then blaming us for the problem,when it was their own fault for using the product. Granted you can use whatever you like,and that is fine,but I'd hate to see what will eventually happen after continued use of your cleaner,on your track ,and have to replace it. When you bought your track,it was already applied with a special solvent at the factory that was to prevent build up of dirt on it.That is why they call it " all weather rail ",and can be used outdoors,because the company took care of the cleaning problem. My only question is,when you bought your train, what did the manufacturer say about cleaning the rails? I dont mean to be negative about this,I just dont want to see your " investment " get ruined.If you dont beleive me,then ask someone at your hobbyshop,and i'm sure they'll say the same thing.Why do you not see any type of liquid track cleaner on the market today?
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