Quenching the Vinegar after cleaning track.

Right from vinegar (acid solution) into a baking soda (base) and water solution; no dry time. 

Then right into rinse water. Wipe, Blow out tubes Then (optional) flush with solvent, dry fully asap re-oil, wipe clean with an absorbant cloth.

Wd 40 is my flush; and not used as much else. Other treatment usually follows as it's not a lube and protection seems short lived. (wire dryer #40)

The foam is pretty harmless, science project volcano stuff.

Mine had dinosaurs ....

Yep,  WD-40 was not invented as a lubricant.  

The name is short for Water Displacement No. 40, developed for the military to spray on the outside of aircraft to remove rust and keep them from rusting.  WD-40 is a liquid which has incredibly small molecules.  (It is much much thinner than water.) These molecules get right under the layer of rust and just lift it off.

Anybody who uses it as a lubricant will find that although it will make something seem like it is lubricated, all it has done is lift the dirt and rust off between the rubbing metal surfaces.   When it dries, which takes a while, it leaves a fine gummy layer.

In the shooting world, the  mantra is that WD-40 should never be anywhere near your shooting or cleaning bench.  People who spray it on a gun will find that it is so thin that it will immediately get soaked up by the wooden stock, and then turn the wood soft and punky over time.  In the meanwhile, it has put a gunk layer on the inside of the action.

Mannyrock

Dissolve baking soda in water, slosh track around, rinse in clear water, shake out and lay it out in the sun on newspapers when it’s not storming. It’s so hot in a lot of the lower 48 right now that the sunshine will do a thorough drying job. In fact, if there’s plastic on your track, check to make sure it isn’t heating up too much.

Thanks, I was thinking about that very thing this afternoon.

In central Virginia today, it was 100 degrees, blazing sun, heat index of 105!

Mannyrock