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The process is basically- Pull all the pins, soak it for a day, then, as per instructions, when you remove it, you just flush it with water to remove any remaining Evaporust. Then I dry it off overnight & the next day I wipe them down with oil to prevent rust from forming again. I made a tube out of pvc pipe to dip large track sections In Evaporust. The Gargraves stuff must have something coating the metal because you have to brush off a light, thin membrane that looks like dead skin or something, but it comes off clean with just a cheap bristle brush. The wood ties returned to their natural color so I wiped them down with oil too, they look nice but on both types, wherever there was pitted rust, the area remains pitted, but instead of broken out with frosty rust, the spot becomes a gray color. I guess you can say, they don't look 100% new, but they're much improved in appearance & you can reuse crappy old track & it's much cheaper than retail on new manufacture if you're doing a lot of it. I've done 70 pieces of O-32 tube track straights & curves + 2 pieces of Gargraves & my total cost so far is ~ $50 for a gallon of the product & the pcv tube & cap. I had old cans of new, clean oil, so that was free. Considering new pieces of tube track go for $3.50 MSRP, & good used is around $2.50, for this box of old track that I got for free, it's a no brainer, the work is easy once you get set up.