Looking for a way to clean train wheels. I have several box cars and flats cars. Thinking about soaking a hand towel with alcohol and rolling the wheels thru it.
Any help will be appreciated.
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I have done wheel cleaning with the method you suggested but instead of alcohol I used a track cleaning solution and laid the Blue Shop towel paper towel across a section of track. It did a good job of cleaning wheels but of course you must reposition the towel often.
Ray
Presuming scale wheels based on the forum page, this method won't work, but I will for regular 0 and tinplate 0 for example.
I put these wheels on a 12 gauge copper wire and run a hand drill wire wheel over them. Works great for really cruddy wheels. For the more scale like wheels, I've done similar to you, just I hold the rag or towel and rub the wheel to make sure it moves around. If your wheels are metal, you could also hit them with the dremel tool wire wheel, but be for warned that thing sheds wire strands like crazy. My feet were finding them on the floor for days....
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Good morning from Sacramento.
Thanks for the info
Early on a Saturday! 
Rayin"S" posted:I have done wheel cleaning with the method you suggested but instead of alcohol I used a track cleaning solution and laid the Blue Shop towel paper towel across a section of track. It did a good job of cleaning wheels but of course you must reposition the towel often.
Ray
Thanks . I might give it a try.
