Liberty Junction - Handy Hints 3 - model railway track cleaning game changer 

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Cheers for the feedback it really is like magic formula isn’t it !

I know but it’s surprising how many folk recommend it. Run one of those £200 cmx wagons dripping isopropyl all over! 🤷🏻‍♂️ causing further issue if you ask me!

Cheers Michael, it’s well worth a try. I just researched a lot! 😁

Nice one thanks for clarifying 👍

That's because your aim is good and you're only spraying the slot tracks, not the plastic road surface where the tyres run, surely?

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Defo pal 👍

Haha been a long week! Needs a recharge 😆

Yeah, I literally don’t have to clean the track now unless I go over an area with glue etc 👍

They’re both on days off 😆

Where’s that strobe light from James ? The vicar wants one for a church disco 👍😃👍

@@doubleodave Hi Dave, it's a Train Tech TTSL10 Smart Light Party (Disco) available from Guagemaster, I hope you enjoyed the concert 😁👍

Nice one for the info 👍

Sounds good… but.. I’d need to see and hear it with my own eyes, where would the batteries fit? My Bachmann and accurascale have literally no spare space? I’m gonna go research into it, but lipo batteries can be dodgy too, having had years of experience with them with RC Planes I’d be nervous having them sat inside locos in my loft.

@@doubleodave i've had the same rc experience but with helicopters and cars. I'm taking it a lot further with diesel locos, by changing the bogies to have traction motors on each axle and making new chassis plates to fit the existing current bodies, then i literally have all the body to house batteries and the decoder. I can send you a short video of one working if you like

Sure, but that sounds beyond me! To be fair 🤯

@@doubleodave You don't have to go that far, i have a lima 60 setup and running on p4, and a lima 37 on oo. They are both original setups, ringfield motor, standard bogies, original bodies, that's the good point about the old lima/hornby locos, they have tons of space inside. Take the Hornby last but one series, 5 pole motor and an upgraded body with loads of space inside, just like a ringfield motor setup and perfect for converting.

I've put up a video on my timeline MOV 13071

I didn’t realise there was others available 👍 Cheers

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Couple of drops on the cloth and wipe around as much as you can, haven’t touched the cleaning now in months 👍 prior to this I was doing almost weekly!

Yeah none of my locos struggle fully loaded up my curved incline but they’re all decent heavy models 👍

Pendle slot racing - 👍

You only need a light coating. I spead about 3-4 drops on the track and this treats about 60 metres of track!

It’s magic!

Basically if you own some sheep just rub them on your track then 😁

pendle slot racing

There was an Australian modeler who raved about INOX on RU-vid, the way he presented INOX did not exactly make one go and try it, shame really. I'd been using it for some time at this presentation so good to se it get some traction.

It’s better than Frosties secret formula!

Yeah I seem to remember the bloke was quite angry/passionate about it, I just assumed he’d ran out of Castlemaine XXXX 🤷🏻‍♂️

How about trying some silicone rubber bands in the place of the traction tyres? Just a thought

@@doubleodave "Just a thought" he says in a throw away style and with such aplomb. Thank you, mein host. I shall enjoy looking up what it is that you mean and know inside out.

I got it from www.pendleslotracing.co.uk 👍 for me it was worth every penny Yes double laughs next time 😁

@@doubleodave thank you for that. Guess what! Out of Stock lol. Will keep an eye on them though.

Someone just needs to make some better traction tyres then 😁

The Inox is so good, that the Traction tires actually lose their grip on the wheels,and spin freely? I think that is what happens?

www.pendleslotracing.co.uk 👍

Since I started using INOX some years back things like CRC-WD40-Isopropal are now 'banned' on my layout!

I’m not sure pal to be honest

Pendle slot racing, and they do an Inox oil.

Sorry Steve I replied to this but it’s showing I didn’t - as per rdrhouse that’s the place 👍

@@doubleodave Hi Dave. I'm lost rdrhouse!

Pemdleslotracing.co.uk

@@doubleodave out of stock 😭

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It does!

I was quoting the guy that I watched. I can’t comment on what the label says and I don’t know what black magic is used but like I say it’s game changing it certainly doesn’t isolate the track or the trains wouldn’t run. I’m about to upload a video of a Bachmann 97201 running slowly over several points and double slips at a snail pace, no stay alive just inox on the track, loco has sound on and is perfectly uninterrupted throughout. Video will be up in an hour or so give it a watch and see for yourself. Read the comments of other users who use it, I’m just trying to help folk out with an excellent product that improves running multiple times over. The only people that wouldn’t recommend this stuff is someone that either runs traction tyres, or sells track cleaner type products and doesn’t want to ruin their sales!

Further to this some further info taken from the Slot Car community… Chips rely on a clean signal so they know what to do. If they get interference then the default is to give no power to the motor. This results in a stuttering car. Interference can come from two sources - the motor and from braids sparking on the rails. Inox MX3 allows electricity to pass where the braids make physical contact with the rails (pushing the Inox aside if you like). The Inox insulates around the edges of the braids where the sparking would normally happen on untreated rails. So Inox effectively suppresses electrical noise. As it has Lanolin in it it does not evaporate, it simply stays there and closes back up after the braids have passed. Inox will stay in place for months. The easiest way to keep it topped up is to apply one drop to each braid and run your car around. Don't use too much or performance can drop off from too heavy a coating. It will wipe off with a rag if you go too heavy.

It's "non-conductive", in that it wont 'short out' your power between the rails like some other fluids can? used in a "surface to surface" situation it is a great conductor? It is recommended as a "Contact cleaner" for switch contacts that need lubrication.. Works the same, where wheels contact the track? Have a look at some of Gregg's "fishplate films" videos.. Some wonderfully slow running there?

Never tried inox then to say that.

Cheers 👍👍