Warning:  Make sure any compound you use around your track is safe for plastics!!!  Best practice is to put any cleaning compound on a clean micro fiber cloth and wipe with that.  DO NOT spray cleaner directly onto track.

 

• Clean the rails to remove dirt and corrosion

  • Use a nickel to clean the corrosion off the rails.  Simply hold it flat and push it around each lane.

  • Use a wide easer on the rails (Staedtler white or pink versions).

  • Use fine sandpaper (similar to what is found in the AFX tune up kits).  Be gentle.

  • Use denatured alcohol.

  • Some recommend cleaners like 409, but warn you need to keep the water based liquid from getting down in the rail grooves.  Wipe off quickly after applying.

  • WD-40, Inox, CRC 2-26, Deoxit or other anti corrosion products.

  • Scotch Brite cleaning pad or similar

• Clean your track (easy on amount of any cleaner you use)

  • WD-40

  • Washable lint roller

  • Vacuum cleaner

  • Lint free rag

  • Spic and Span spray cleaner

• Clean the connections where the track pieces attach to each other

  • Dremel with small wire brush

  • Fine sandpaper

  • Scrape with a knife

  • Fine file

  • If needed bend metal tabs slightly to make a better connection with the next track piece

• Check height of rails

  • Visually inspect rail height.  Sometimes they get pushed down too far into the plastic track

  • If too low, push up from the underside till they are the correct height

  • If rail is too low, but will not stay pushed up

    • Push rail up past correct height.

    • insert small piece of round toothpick under rail at end of track piece, break off rest of toothpick.

    • Push rail down using a small block of wood and small hammer.  Toothpick will prevent if from going too far down

• Using the AFX track cleaning tool  [Click here]​​