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Cleaning Lionel Prewar Tinplate Trains
« on: February 15, 2022, 11:54:15 PM »
Here's a video that shows the two cars below being cleaned.

Before cleaning:

 

 

 


After cleaning:

 

 

 


Here's the video:



Tips For Cleaning Trains.

  • Clean cheap trains until you've gotten some experience.
  • Never let the trains sit in water.
  • Never clean trains with flaking paint.
  • Never wash white, aluminum, or silver trains in water. The paint just comes off.
  • Always test a small area of the inside or underside of the car before cleaning the whole car.
  • You don't need to take the trim off to clean the car. The soft bristles of the brush will clean around the trim, and any dirt that is left, would be there anyway.
  • Never put soap or cleaner on a dry car this will cause etching. Dip the car in water, then apply the cleaner.
  • Rinse often.
  • Soft bristle toothbrushes – dollar store has them cheap. Don't use medium bristles. You want the cleaner to do the work, not the brush.
  • It's better to scrub gently twice than to wipe off the paint by scrubbing hard.

  • Wax – Howard Feed-N-Wax www.Howardproducts.com They have it in the paint department at Ace Hardware and some Lowe's and Home Depot locations. 

And a photo of the dog just because: