A Winter project

[swisstrains]

Originally Posted by Tony

................................The tops of the rails have to be cleaned of paint and I found it better to let it dry first and it chips off easily. If you wipe off whilst it is still wet, I found that a very thin film is left which plays havoc with electrical pick up and this film is quite hard to remove..................................

Yes, I've noticed this.
I always paint my track after ballasting and tend to wipe the excess off the railhead with a cloth and enamel thinners before the paint has dried. As you say, no matter how thorough you wipe the railhead it always seems to leave a film when it dries but I have found that Maplins Servisol electronic cleaner easily removes this and gets the trains running again. It's also good for cleaning between point blades.

[John H-T]

There are now several rail painting pens becoming available which allows you to but the paint only where you want it! Bachmann are introducing some soon which I saw at the Trade Day at Coventry last Wednesday.

Best wishes,

John H-T.