Deoxit Track cleaner/lube

I bought the Deoxit-D5 and it's worked well.  I actually bought the spray can, but that's totally impractical for actual use.  I spray it into a needle-point bottle and use it from that.

You mean they don't even supply a straw for the aerosol can, or if using one of those, you get too much even at a throttled amount. Please, I'm not trying to make this more of thing than it is. Just wondering why ihey don't just produce liquid in a bottle period.

You can use a straw, but it sprays all over the place, even at the low setting.  Clearly, they designed the cans to use the stuff quickly so you would have to buy more.   I have been using the same can for a year.

They do.

I purchase my Caig products in bottles.

IMHO, its kind of expensive to use for track cleaner.

The smallest quantity bottle is D100L-2DB, 7.4 milliliters for $19.95 with a brush applicator.

My last purchase was #D100L-2 which is a plain 59 milliliter bottle for $42.95.

I've been using the same bottle for at least three years, and have about 1/3 left.

DeoxIT does not contain any lubricants.
I use their Fader lube and Fader grease from time to time.

I use some of their other products too.

John,

It was suggested to me many forums ago that Simple Green All Purpose Cleaner was also good to clean the tracks. I use Fastrack and it seems to be doing OK for me.

Should I continue to use this or not ?

You're kidding about the Simple Green, right?  If not, check these threads and others.

https://ogrforum.com/t...d-fasttrack-mainline

https://ogrforum.com/t...reen-does-hurt-locos

Oh, and I strongly recommend you STOP using it!

I spray a little directly into the can cap top and dip a Q tip in that to apply to wheels and rollers. For track, I spray it on a piece of Shamwow tacked to a wooden block then slide on the rails. It's a little oily so I wipe again with a clean piece of Shamwow. Puts a brilliant shine on the rails and trains run like a dream after.

I have also tried denatured alcohol per the MTH manuals. It cleans the track and rollers but does nothing for continuity. Goo Gone cleans even better than DNA but is messier still.

I believe in the term "KISS" which my grandfather taught me.  I have been using DNA on terry cloth ever since I built my FasTrack layout 6 years ago and have had no problems with getting rails clean or had any continuity problems. 

Steve, Lady and Tex

John,

I would NOT kid you, especially you. You have been so helpful to me since I joined this OGR Forum just a few short months ago.

I only used the simple green 2 times and realized the tracks were not dirty so I left them alone. Thankfully my layout is small, so I will get some of the Alchahol you guys are using. I am so sure somebody out there said to use the NOT So Simple Green stuff.

Wait....Did you hear that bang and swoosh.

That was the simple green smashing against the wall from me throwing it at 90mph.

Thanks again.

I am glad I dropped into this forum this morning.

John, pretty soon I am going to know what I am talking about with all this "slang and Lingo" you guys speak of.

I am learning.

Thanks again

You've been using what???

Who's is it?

How did you extract it?

Never mind. I dont want to know.