Not all Smoke Fluids are created equal!

[Greg Elmassian]

I thought disco was dead?

 

[stockers]

Got a link to the supplier Chris?

 

[Chris Wright]

I thought disco was dead?

Not in my house or on my iPhone

 

[Chris Wright]

Got a link to the supplier Chris?

I buy all my MTH locos from a guy in the States and use his special fluid for the steamers to get a fully smoke chuff and the smoke vapour for the diesels that don’t need it quite so dense. This was a find on eBay

 

[Ronchatt]

have you tried baby oil at a 10th of the price, works for me, been using it for countless years.
Ron.

 

[PhilP]

Here you go..

Dense Fog Machine Fluid, 5L by Gear4music at Gear4music

 

[stockers]

But does it work in our little dragons? I understand that most smoke fluids are based on oil.

 

[PhilP]

But does it work in our little dragons? I understand that most smoke fluids are based on oil.

Yes,
Basically it is bulk-buy vape-fluid.*

*Not exactly, but pretty close..

Do watch-out, though.. Some 'weird flavours' out there..
Not sure 'bubble-gum', or 'strawberry candy-floss' would be quite right, some how?

 

[stockers]

I think I'll stick with the LGB stuff. In 14 years I have only ever lost one smoke unit.

 

[Greg Elmassian]

The lower output smoke units seem to last well as long as you don't run them dry forever.

But the high output ones, that are fan driven, and especially if you are giving the heating element close to 1 amp, you have to choose your fluid, or the wick clogs and burns pretty darn quickly.

simpler ones that are basically a nichrome wire coil immersed in fluid don't have this issue.

So the "best" fluid can depend heavily on the type of unit and how hard you run it.

Greg

 

[KeithT]

Although I have never used them I gather that some of the smoke liquids sold for model boats are excellent and tend to be cheaper than the model rail versions.

 

[KeithT]

I think I'll stick with the LGB stuff. In 14 years I have only ever lost one smoke unit.

Wow! I must have a dozen potential “smokers” but only one now works.

 

[stockers]

Wow! I must have a dozen potential “smokers” but only one now works.

Perhaps my choice is right then.