RMweb Gold halsey Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) This is a reflection of my having too much time on my hands.................. As my layout continues to take shape the subject of dust and keeping it clear is increasingly in my thoughts - whilst in the construction stages it was easy to get out the hoover and clean up and give the track a serious clean and all was well. As I start introducing details and make track runs far more "delicate" to access with something like a hoover nozzle how do I keep it clear/clean Why do you guys do with say 5 year old well refined layouts to keep dust at bay ............ Edited April 23, 2020 by halsey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitpick Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 A dust sheet - e.g. an old cotton bed sheet might be a good start to keep dust levels down. Spread it over backscene panel / front protecting screen. Track will slowly tarnish - and here the options are a track rubber or rag and track cleaning fluid - or if there are too many delicate items in the way, a powered track cleaner / fluid wiping track cleaning wagon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirey33 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Scrap it, build a new one. Alternatively, these gadgets seem like they might be useful (available from Amazon etc.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, halsey said: This is a reflection of my having too much time on my hands.................. As my layout continues to take shape the subject of dust and keeping it clear is increasingly in my thoughts - whilst in the construction stages it was easy to get out the hoover and clean up and give the track a serious clean and all was well. As I start introducing details and make track runs far more "delicate" to access with something like a hoover nozzle how do I keep it clear/clean Why do you guys do with say 5 year old well refined layouts to keep dust at bay ............ Garden fleece - it is ultra-light; (no damage to delicate detailing); but prevents dust getting through. I also use it to keep dust out of my precious, irreplaceable Alps printers. John Isherwood. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold halsey Posted April 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 42 minutes ago, knitpick said: A dust sheet - e.g. an old cotton bed sheet might be a good start to keep dust levels down. Spread it over backscene panel / front protecting screen. Track will slowly tarnish - and here the options are a track rubber or rag and track cleaning fluid - or if there are too many delicate items in the way, a powered track cleaner / fluid wiping track cleaning wagon. I do this when we are away for the summer months! - next year? I'll now investigate garden fleece............... But was just wondering what other remedies are out there................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Negative ion generators can reduce dust in the air. I've not used them, but the theory is sound. You can get various sizes to suit the space. Thing is a dust sheet will catch dust, but in removing it to operate the layout some of the dust will recirculate. Better to get rid of it first. Rob Edited April 23, 2020 by mezzoman253 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Half-full Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Turn the layout upside down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Dust needs tackling by not making dust in the first place. A railway room with blanked out windows and the door opened as infrequently as possible will suffer a lot less dust than one in a room used for other purposes. At a certain stage you will have to spend more time cleaning the layout and repairing the resulting damage than you spend operating and adding new stuff. Its why some people abandon layouts and start again and why some of us don't add too many fragile easily damaged items and indeed make a virtue of the dust, my nicely weathered Hornby Hall isn't actually weathered at all.its just dusty. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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