oldgames Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Electric train track cleaner works great! It's made to clean the tracks on electric trains and slot car tracks, so there's nothing in it that will hurt the plastic or metal components of your cartridges. The brand I found is from a company called Life Like and is available at most hobby stores that sell electric trains. It's a liquid, so you just apply it with a q-tip or cleaning wand the same way you would alchohol. It's made a believer out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 What's it made out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 alcohol is lame this stuff is great and its actualy made to clean contacts. I spray a little into a small jar and use qtips to scrub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I submerge all my carts in Armor All for 10 days minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dones Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 That joke never gets old around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 I actually use a windex and water solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPU64 Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) I submerge all my carts in Armor All for 10 days minimum. 918126[/snapback] LOL!!! Oh by the way. most spray Electronics Cleaners have high solvents and make AMAZING roach or bug killers. Its safer than RAID, and kills them in seconds. I love using that stuff on roaches, wasps, spiders.. Tip, if using it against a wasps nest, its even more fun if you have a lighter or propane torch in front of the spray!!! WOOOOOSHHH!!! Edited August 26, 2005 by CPU64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I actually use a windex and water solution. 918446[/snapback] I use windex, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 It reminds me of the movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding They used Windex for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariAger Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I submerge all my carts in Armor All for 10 days minimum. 918126[/snapback] Not bad, 10 day minimum...BUT...Have you ever tried a full month? Amazing results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Electric train track cleaner works great! It's made to clean the tracks on electric trains and slot car tracks, so there's nothing in it that will hurt the plastic or metal components of your cartridges. The brand I found is from a company called Life Like and is available at most hobby stores that sell electric trains. It's a liquid, so you just apply it with a q-tip or cleaning wand the same way you would alchohol. 918032[/snapback] I hope they've improved that stuff since the first (and only) time I used it, musta been the early 80s. I got a "track cleaning" car for the HO layout at Christmas, a caboose with a weighted felt pad underneath and a reservoir for cleaning fluid. Within about a month of when I started using it, all track on the layout was junk, including all the switches and several extra pieces that were replaced when problems first started - the plastic spontaneously broke, sometimes in the middle between the rails and sometimes where it wrapped around the bottom of the rails. Part of the problem was, of course, that the cleaning car dispensed too much cleaner, but even so, the fluid should have been plastic-safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Username Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 (edited) I wanted to try out two different places that cleaned cartridges, one cleaned them with a special solution that they composed, which actaully sounds kinda scary but it worked better than any where else. The second place submerged in some really nasty stuff that ate the labels right off, but the carts were really clean, and they printed me some custom labels that look really cool. A duplicate copy of Asteroids that I had sold for $15 to my friend who had ripped me off in the past, I told him it was a rare prototype. Edited July 19, 2006 by A_Username Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Pac Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 WD-40 I swear by it always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Definitely gasoline. Near an open flame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candiru Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Pfft, gasoline. Use white gas (ie Coleman fuel) like a real man! I always use alcohol like most folks. So is there a recognized stage of sickness when you've used up your first full bottle exclusively for cleaning cartridges? I'm coming up on that milestone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 You people and your LAMP FUEL. If you were REALLY the real man you claim you are, you'd use napalm as your primary cleaning agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 I thought enriched uranium cleaned carts better than anything else. BTW, among the model railraod community, Life Like is known for what it is: Junk. Good brands include Athearn (if they still exist), Bachmann to some extent, and for HO slot racers, Tyco Magnum 440, Tomy, and any AFX line except Magna Traction all work well. Amrac made good slot racers, some of the fastest, but they weren't around very long. If you find 'em, get 'em, fix 'em, and go win some races with 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 You people and your LAMP FUEL.If you were REALLY the real man you claim you are, you'd use napalm as your primary cleaning agent. Gasoline has already been mentioned - napalm is just gasoline with a gelling agent added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk2600 Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 motor oil works great. especially is it is from your car after the oil change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Nayplalla,m Worsk great, but after cleaingong my 6400 games back in Nom I ain't goint no more arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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