OO track Cleaning cars

Well, I'm no expert, but: the Hornby cleaner is pretty poor, unless your problem is oxidised rails, in which case it works a treat. The old-fashioned cleaners (a truck with a felt pad underneath) are OK in their way, but I find that Rail-Zip works best.

I do use a felt-pad truck filled with surgical spirit if the rails have become slippery for any reason.

Guy

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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote

Rail Zip can wreck traction tyres on locos fitted with them, and is harmful to certain plastics.

Surgical spirit is slightly greasy and can also have an impact on traction tyres.

Even after all these years I find there is no real subsitute for a slightly abrasive track rubber to get track clean (followed by a good hoovering of the layout). If you can eliminate locos with rubber traction tyres and stick with all metal-wheeled stock your track will stay cleaner for longer.

John.

Have you tried Gaugemaster axle-hung pads - available in 2mm & 4mm sizes?

Just got some of these from gaugemaster, and they work a treat. First of all, you do need to clean the track properly (and hoover up the little bits that get left behind), and attach the pads to a suitable wagon, and add it to a loco, and off you go. I was quite disgusted at the colour of the first pad when I finished approximately 30 minutes of running.

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"Ian Cornish" wrote

Hust out of interest Ian, what cleaning fluid are you using with the Gaugemaster pads?

John.

"Ian Cornish" wrote

Not read the instructions so can't comment, but their rep suggested they were to be used with some sort of track cleaning fluid. Maybe *he* got it wrong.

John.