NEVER toss out old Rusty Nasty Lionel Track. This will clean it guaranteed!!!

This is how I clean difficult, unusable, tubular Lionel track back to a clean, serviceable railroad. It's easy as pie but stinks all to be damned!

[@Johns0gaugeAndH0trains]

I have some track I need to clean so I'll try this. Thank you for the video, Allen!

[@josephpolanin182]

Give the track a vinegar soak. Let it dry thoroughly. Then go over it with industrial strength Scotch-Brite pads. Yes there is such a thing. Then follow that with cleaning of mineral spirits. Let that dry. Then follow with a razor thin coating of No Ox. Yes it's time-consuming but you'll never have to clean your track again.

[@williamoftheone5289]

Yeah it's a miracle fix if you ask me. I soak most of my nasty rebuild parts as well. Well the ones that won't get destroyed, motor parts ect.v

[@Machia52612]

Will this clean up my rusty box of Super ‘O’?
I want to build a layout this winter. Finally got the room and boxes of track.

[@THEVICTROLAGUY]

you have to rinse the track with baking soda dissolved in water or it will instantly rust again.

[@josephschuster1494]

Vinegar does a nice job of removing the rust, but what about the insulators? Does it affect the material? That’s my big concern, and why I still clean AF and Lionel/Marx track with fine sandpaper.

[@raysrails2164]

I see !

[@richardnelson-ux1zz]

I have got two boxes of Lionel 3 rail tabular track and one box of marx o27 tabular track i bought at a yard sale a couple years ago

[@plunkervillerr1529]

I bought a lot of rusty track and did the same. In these times, you have to save a buck somehow.

[@AllenMcFarlandColorado]

That's so cool. Works great doesn't it?

[@titodalessandro1909]

I did the same thing, the paper that grounds the track.We should talk about this sometime.

[@kenrickman6697]

*Insulates. You don’t want it grounded.

[@Dragonbear13-k2r]

What about the paper? Does the vinegar affect it as in destroying it? I have a lot of old track needs cleaning but don’t want to ruin it.