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M.C. Fujiwara

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NeoLube on plastic throwbars
« on: September 11, 2012, 09:46:30 AM »
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I've had great success using NeoLube to stain stripwood replacement ties under the point rails as well as lube the PC board throwbar itself.
Now I'm looking at the 20+ Atlas C55 turnouts on the Free-moN Staging Yard module and wondering if NeoLube would work on all those plasic throwbars.
I know it's just graphite in booze, but I don't want 20+ throwbars to fall apart or anything else bad to happen so I thought I check in with the braintrust on thoughts about NeoLube on plastic throwbars.
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Re: NeoLube on plastic throwbars
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2012, 12:43:39 PM »
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Well, I use NeoLube to give a gray/black look to the sides of my rails (in lieu of painting them).  I usually get
it on the throwbars, and I've never had one fall apart.

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Re: NeoLube on plastic throwbars
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2012, 05:37:19 PM »
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I use Perma Blue on the metal parts of a Atlas switch that connect the points to the throw-bar and haven't had any problem.

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Re: NeoLube on plastic throwbars
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2012, 09:05:32 PM »
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IIRC, NeoLube is powdered graphite suspended in alcohol. That should be plastic safe (alcohol is plastic safe to begin with and it evaporates in few minutes, leaving behind just the inert graphite).
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Re: NeoLube on plastic throwbars
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2012, 09:46:53 PM »
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As MC so colorfully noted in the OP:

I know it's just graphite in booze...

:D
« Last Edit: September 11, 2012, 09:50:52 PM by GaryHinshaw »

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Re: NeoLube on plastic throwbars
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2012, 10:35:28 PM »
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I was being too technical again.  :facepalm:
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