FasTrack Curves Turning Green

I took a bright LED torch around the layout and discovered two sections of 10" straights seem to be starting the transformation! I think I can rule out the grass bleeding color as one section has nothing but ballast surrounding it. Certainly is puzzling!

I would venture a guess to be a bad batch of plastic. Or more specifically the color additive. Degrades over time, causing a change in color. I've seen it in other plastic products before. One bad bottle of color additive can cause it to happen, and won't be known for awhile as it takes time to change color.

You could always put a figure there who looks like he's mowed the grass onto the track! 

Zach K,

   Although I have seen a couple FT pieces that did this, I have never owned any, if you find out what caused it, please let us know.

PCRR/Dave

Your track looks like a prop for the play WICKED!

What is odd is the green is uniform.  Usually, a color change is uneven!

Zach

Yes I did have some discolored originally. It was a different shade of gray. Somewhat darker, not green. I had figured it was a batch color difference. 

I did see that same color  green you show after I did all my dusting with landscaping material (a lot of it) . That is what it looks like to me. Totally a guess on my part.

It made no difference to me because I used a mixture of black ink and water to darken all of my several hundred feet of fast track before I use a ballast. I will say a very small part of it required more coats of the solutions before I was satisfied it matched.

But, in the end it made very little difference after the ballast was on. Pretty much a waste of time.

I can't figure the green ?????          Good luck anyway.

Larry

Hot Water posted:

I bet Simple Green will work on it.

Did anyone let Lee Willis into the room? 

RickO posted:

LMFAO!

I've had the same Fastrack for 14 years now and no; it's never turned green. 

Zach K posted:

I took a bright LED torch around the layout and discovered two sections of 10" straights seem to be starting the transformation! I think I can rule out the grass bleeding color as one section has nothing but ballast surrounding it. Certainly is puzzling!

As there appears to be a clean break of the gray and green colors between the rails it clearly seems the plastic road bed has some issues.

Big Jim posted:

Hot Water posted:

I bet Simple Green will work on it.

Did anyone let Lee Willis into the room? 

I seem to remember that, was rust the outcome?

Maybe The Graduate got it wrong when he said the future is PLASTICS.

Charlie