Eaglecliff
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You should worry - only after I had planted my Second Earlies did I realise I had mixed compost activator into the holes instead of potato fertiliser...
Submerging a wagon to clean it?
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Eaglecliff
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When my son was into Wargaming I used to go with him to their conventions, as well as Model Railway exhibitions. I decided that, on balance, railway modellers washed more frequently...
spoz
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I would think that was encouraging, except that I pnce accidentally strayed into a room full of wargamers in full stride, so to speak, so I know that it is at least potentially damning with faint praise.
Back to Sarah’s question, I use a proprietary soap substitute called “QV” which does an excellent job, but which, if I use her bottle, also gets me into trouble from Jan. Quite a lot of my rolling stock is from kits so the axles aren’t easily removable; I let dry in the sun (that works in Adelaide...) and then give a squirt of WD40 before lubricating. So far so good, and I’ve been doing it that way for 10 years or so.
Back to Sarah’s question, I use a proprietary soap substitute called “QV” which does an excellent job, but which, if I use her bottle, also gets me into trouble from Jan. Quite a lot of my rolling stock is from kits so the axles aren’t easily removable; I let dry in the sun (that works in Adelaide...) and then give a squirt of WD40 before lubricating. So far so good, and I’ve been doing it that way for 10 years or so.
Paradise
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Not quite sure about this obsession with cleaning LGB Stock, I like mine all dirty and dusty. In fact with much of my stock I go to the extremes of weathering using spray cans and dry brushing.
However if you do want clean and the Dish Washer is unfathomable. You can do no worse than using a cheep stiff brush to get the dusty crud out. Then to get a nice shiny sheen one of those Shoe Cleaning Pads that you get free in Hotels brings things up rather nicely.
As for leaving things in the Garden you may find this has the opposite effect, crud will bounce up with the rain.
I left some LGB Stock in the Garden for years some of it with Gary Raymond Steel Wheels. Never affected the running at all even the LGB Metal Axles survived quite happily and the Steel Wheels gained a rather nice Rusty effect.
However if you do want clean and the Dish Washer is unfathomable. You can do no worse than using a cheep stiff brush to get the dusty crud out. Then to get a nice shiny sheen one of those Shoe Cleaning Pads that you get free in Hotels brings things up rather nicely.
As for leaving things in the Garden you may find this has the opposite effect, crud will bounce up with the rain.
I left some LGB Stock in the Garden for years some of it with Gary Raymond Steel Wheels. Never affected the running at all even the LGB Metal Axles survived quite happily and the Steel Wheels gained a rather nice Rusty effect.
Sarah Winfield
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No hankey pankey in the shower this morning. Nice clean fun and a nice clean wagon but I must explain I was out of the shower when it entered the water.
While on the subject of wagons. Somewhere on this post should be a photograph of a "make do and mend" long wheel base partly assembled wagon. (This was going to be the LBC wagon of earlier posts)
The wagon comprises a cheap and cheerful wagon body with single wheel LGB bogies, I have yet to add the sole-bar and axle guards.
Before getting my razor saw out to shorten the body does it look un-prototypical with single wheel bogies, please? I could of course invest in double wheel bogies but so far it would have been less expensive to have simply bought a new wagon.
Thanks,
Sarah Winfield
While on the subject of wagons. Somewhere on this post should be a photograph of a "make do and mend" long wheel base partly assembled wagon. (This was going to be the LBC wagon of earlier posts)
The wagon comprises a cheap and cheerful wagon body with single wheel LGB bogies, I have yet to add the sole-bar and axle guards.
Before getting my razor saw out to shorten the body does it look un-prototypical with single wheel bogies, please? I could of course invest in double wheel bogies but so far it would have been less expensive to have simply bought a new wagon.
Thanks,
Sarah Winfield
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G-force1
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I like the dishwasher idea, you can get several in at a time!
Which dishwasher tablet is best or will one of the cheapys do?
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Common sense, like, whatever your skin can tolerate.
For the most part, there is no need, per se.
But
A gentle warm water rinse, some liquid dish soap, soft toothbrush, rinse, dry.
I do this often after heavy rain and spattered soil.
Also, when stock gets too grotty. Sometimes it looks right, others, not so much.
Generally, i like clean. Less grit to wear on parts, if applicable. ( real weathering doesnt look as nice, to me, as painted subtle weathering). Less debris in boxes, storage, etc.
Rarely remove axels, but do scrub off old lube, dry, and relube.
Dishwasher....never tried because...tiny stones hard bits, etc, might not be helpful to the washers internal food grinder, pumps, and, once upon a time, the phosphate level in soaps, along with bromine, chlorine, etc., were/are pretty harsh, and could bleach plastic slightly, or remove paint, stickers, plating etc.
I know leaving a tablet of dishwasher soap overnight will bleach out my le creuset stuff a touch....
For the most part, there is no need, per se.
But
A gentle warm water rinse, some liquid dish soap, soft toothbrush, rinse, dry.
I do this often after heavy rain and spattered soil.
Also, when stock gets too grotty. Sometimes it looks right, others, not so much.
Generally, i like clean. Less grit to wear on parts, if applicable. ( real weathering doesnt look as nice, to me, as painted subtle weathering). Less debris in boxes, storage, etc.
Rarely remove axels, but do scrub off old lube, dry, and relube.
Dishwasher....never tried because...tiny stones hard bits, etc, might not be helpful to the washers internal food grinder, pumps, and, once upon a time, the phosphate level in soaps, along with bromine, chlorine, etc., were/are pretty harsh, and could bleach plastic slightly, or remove paint, stickers, plating etc.
I know leaving a tablet of dishwasher soap overnight will bleach out my le creuset stuff a touch....
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Sarah Winfield
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Thank you Paradise. I think when the solebar is fitted it won't look quite so elongated so I'll put the razor-saw back in the box.Looks OK to me just as it is.Why shorten it?
Below is a picture of LGB 4010
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I always use the dish washer on the economy setting which is low temperature. Aldi provides the dish washer tablets.
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All this talk of dishwashers reminds me of an incident many years ago when I was working.
One of the blokes was a bit of a wheeler dealer, always out to make a few bob. He had aquired a quantity of workshop storage bins (Linbins) but they were rather grubby and needed a wash.
Next time the wife went out he filled the washing machine with soapy water & set it going. It was the old fashioned type with the wizzer in the middle.
Swish-swosh went the machine as he dropped the bins in. Then a big bang.
The loose coupled freight train had hit the buffers & the loco was still pushing.
These bins came flying out of the machine in all directions, most containing soapy water.
He never did tell me how he explained it to the wife.
One of the blokes was a bit of a wheeler dealer, always out to make a few bob. He had aquired a quantity of workshop storage bins (Linbins) but they were rather grubby and needed a wash.
Next time the wife went out he filled the washing machine with soapy water & set it going. It was the old fashioned type with the wizzer in the middle.
Swish-swosh went the machine as he dropped the bins in. Then a big bang.
The loose coupled freight train had hit the buffers & the loco was still pushing.
These bins came flying out of the machine in all directions, most containing soapy water.
He never did tell me how he explained it to the wife.
Does that mean you are growing pre-mashed potato?
I also now have a vision of someone in the bath, with goggles and a snorkel... Playing with a grubby boxcar, and doing their best Jacque Cousteau French accent!
