RUSTY TRACK UPDATE AND A QUESTION

In my experience it does. My tubular hasn't rusted where I treated it (rail tops). The stuff is very similar to cosmoline and leaves a barrier against air. I've had it on my basement loop for a year now.

is NO OX available in places like Home Depot.  Is NO OX the actual name?

as always, thanks - walt

Walt, it is called NO OX ID.  A small jar on Amazon was 5 bucks a year ago.

thanks for the info.  I"ll take a look-see.

walt

I just checked on Amazon and I see that the container is 2.95 ounces. Does that cover a lot?

Walt, from comments here and on YouTube, that sounds like a lifetime supply. I got my jar a year ago and have not used one quarter inch of it.

Thanks for giving me an answer!

walt

Says right here that it is anti corrosion.

https://www.sanchem.com/electr...ntact-lubricant.html

I hope that I am not coming across as being a pest here!  I have 2 final (I hope) questions.

1. I read the article in the link provided above.  I'm not concerned with rust since I only have a Christmas time layout and I store my track in my spare bedroom off-season.  I became interested when I read the part about improving electrical contact so that's where my interest lies.

2. when I dismantle my Christmas layout I clean every piece of track and all train wheels.  I start with GooGone, followed by denatured alcohol, and finish wiping it dry.  If I apply a coat of NO OX, will I land up removing it when I go thru the cleaning process?

As always, thanks

walt

From what I have read about this product, Walt, it is the sort of thing that will stay on your tracks until removed. Some folks have claimed that it will last several years. I would think using goo gone, alcohol, mineral spirits, or similar products will remove the no ox from the rails..

YES - if you continue to follow your previous cleaning process it will remove the coating left behind.

I used it to clean up some very old 60 year old family track salvaged from my mother house after she died.

I used a green scotch pad with some No-Ox and gave the track a good scrub down, including the pins. Afterwards I wiped it down with old cloth rags until they came up clean (No black residue).

When the track was re-assembled I have had no problems. This track is used for my around the tree layout at Christmas, and is put and taken down like yours. It's been 5 years and I haven't re-done the process and it has great connectivity between sections and rails to engine pickups. I do have a set of Track Pliers with the Hole in the Jaws and I do re-crimp the rails when I take it down.

I say just do the clean up and use it, don't wash it off.

so @Yendor you don't clean your track when you take it down???

tbanks - walt

My layout is up all year long & i just clean it once a year ,i don't have any problems with rust ,or running trains ,my question is if i put no-ox-id on my tracks could i get away with cleaning it for a longer period  ?

Gerald, dust, like rust, never sleeps. You could probably get away with a light dusting or vacuuming from what I have read and seen on the interwebs.

POTRZBE ,I don't worry to much about dust because whenever i run trains all four of my loops pull a track cleaning car around & i hope that would keep a lot of the dust very low ,i may just buy some of that no-ox-id just to try it & see if i like how it works .

I give a wipe but no cleaning products or solvents