To prolong the life of the smoke unit, many of our customers report great results from using our "Eliminator". see www.megasteam.com. Not only does it eliminate any bad smells coming from the smoke unit, it does help to cleanse the batting material. We suggest using "Eliminator" once a month as a smoke unit maintenance. Use it just like smoke fluid and it will the make a big difference!
Our "Eliminator" has special chemical properties that help dissolve the old smoke fluid from the wicking material and heating element so that you can appreciate our scented line of smoke fluid. We had considered originally calling it "PURGE", but decided that from a marketing standpoint, "Eliminator" was the better choice. The wicking material/batting has a "memory" of sorts. Once it has the nasty burned smell, it is difficult to get it to smell any scent. This product neutralizes that memory. It purges!!!
We found that most manufacturers have their overseas factories prime the smoke units during the assembly process. This creates a problem in that the quality of that smoke oil is not the same as the smoke fluid produced here in the US. When you first fire up an engine that has been primed overseas, you experience a bad smelling smoke and many locos come with the smoke unit on as the default so it smells bad from the gitgo. We faced that frustration everytime we purchased a new locomotive. We found that we had to replace the wicking material in order to test our new smoke fluid scents.
We concluded that if we had that problem, others had that problem.
That is the main reason we designed our product to eliminate that bad smell. During our R/D we took several charred wicks and placed them in containers with our test forumla. When the wicking material/batting became much cleaner and like new, we knew we were on the right track. In addition to cleaning the wicking, we also found that the heating elements were cleansed of any build up. Many of our testers found that "Eliminator" also quieted noisy smoke unit fans. So we tested that feature ourselves and found that it did indeed quiet the squeeky fans in our locos. We concluded that a very small,tiny amount of formula had found its way back into the fan area...just enough to lubricate the fan.
The lemon/lime scent was added as an indicator so that when you smell that scent you know that the product is working. Some individuals and clubs prefer to use the "eliminator" all of the time as it is a smoke fluid with special additives to help maintain their smoke units. This is fine and it will cause no problems.
The wicking material/batting will in time need to be replaced. Our "Eliminator" will help it to last a lot longer. We suggest using our product as a maintenance item about once a month just to keep everything clean.
Hope this is helpful.
JT's Mega-Steam
"World's Finest Smoke Fluid"
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