Reply to "Soldering to tin-plate ? "Restoring" SG Lionel connector track with solder-on "lok-on""

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gunrunnerjohn posted:
Zinc Chloride is a fairly strong acid, and if you don't THOROUGHLY clean that joint of all the residue, it will very quickly rust. It's really not stuff you want to use around electrical connections.
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John,

Thanks for the tip. So by "thoroughly cleaning the joint afterwards", how would I do this ?

I was thinking of boiling / or soaking in baking-soda water for 5-10 minutes, then rinsing in clear water, and quickly drying in the oven.

The pieces in question are two tubular rail and the contact tabs from a solder-on lok-on. No soft-parts (fibre) attached.

I definitely don't want something coming back to haunt me.

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