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Reply to "Spray Furniture Polish For Cleaning External Surfaces Of Vintage Rolling Stock?"

Personally,for dirty plastic locomotives and rolling stock,I use the Dawn/warm water/soft toothbrush method and after drying 24 hours gently polishing with Armor All. I've used this method for 30+ years with no adverse effects. On tinplate, I just use Armor All only - applied only with a soft flannel polishing cloth.It often takes about 2-3 light applications. Armor All is water based with traces of silicone and mineral oil. The results are stunning and a interesting side effect is that the trains attract less dust. 

I advise not attempting to clean trains (especially plastic with rubber stamped lettering) with WD40 or other petroleum distillate based products.This can dissolve the rubber stampings and etch the surface of the plastic. While attending a meet back in the 1980's I watched in horror a fellow spraying and cleaning his trains with WD40 while setting up his display. Even though I warned him,he went on and ruined the lettering and stripes on a 2330 GG1! 

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