What do you use to clean Lego Train Tracks?

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- Maralj
  
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19 years ago

Fri, Oct 29, 2004 11:15 PM

I.m getting some drive wheel slippage with 5 cars on my train - think the tracks may be dirty. What do you use to clean em.

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19 years ago

Sat, Oct 30, 2004 12:10 AM

I've always had luck with those large pink erasers (like pencil erasers but larger). Don't try gum erasers though.

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- Mark Plum
  
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19 years ago

Sun, Oct 31, 2004 5:37 AM

Are we talking about 12v or 9 v here? On the 12v trains, the drive wheels had rubber o-rings on them which got brittle with age. Occasionally, you can find relatively nice sealed parts packs on ebay for these. I have been unable to find a good replacement for the originals ;-(. As far as the nickle 9v tracks go, rubbing alcohol works very well. You want to avoid any "thinner" based solvents since they can attack the plastics polymers.

Best Regards,

Mark