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Re: MEK...

Jack, There is no real MEK available in Reno, that which is listed as such is the MEK substitute. I have spoken with reps at Ace, Depot and Lowes and it is no longer offered by any of the stores

By Guy Wilber · #114952 ·

Pencil

I know folks have mentioned the kinds of pencils they’ve used for chalk marks before. Please refresh my memory. I’d like to pick one up. We have a Hobby Lobby store. Clark Propst Mason City

By Clark Propst · #114951 ·

Re: Carstens reefer

Cannot find a listing for Carstens in a Mar 1901 or a June 1917 ORER. They had one 6500 gal tankcar, #104 in 1919. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

By Douglas Harding · #114950 ·

Re: MEK... perhaps another reason

Have you tried Lowes this is from store in Reno where I live now.I was in your club in 70's. Alan Kilby * Home * Search "mek" * Crown Crown Gallon MEK You're shopping a store in: We use your

By albyrno · #114949 ·

Re: MEK... perhaps another reason

Gordon wrote: <Before going over the edge on the banning of MEK-- < <It can also be used in the manufacture of Methamphetamine. It was "Red <listed" back in 1988. True, but by using Ephedrine or

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #114948 ·

Re: MEK...

IIRC, methylene chloride is the solvent of choice for bonding acrylic; that must be why Tenax works so much better with ABS. Dennis So using MEK to bond our styrene built freight cars (which is NON

By Jon Miller <atsf@...> · #114947 ·

Re: Carstens reefer

I found the drawing of T.C.R.L. 108. It shows the right side. The photo of 109 shows the left side. The car numbering implies they're in a series. Maybe. Anyway, if I'm seeing both sides of the

By spsalso · #114946 ·

Truck help

Working on a Sunshine Models Linde Kit 95.2 Tank Car. In the RPC 14 the truck for the car is a Double Truss 70-ton truck. If I read Richard Hendrickson's truck listing correct Intermountain made

By frograbbit602 · #114945 ·

Re: MEK...

IIRC, methylene chloride is the solvent of choice for bonding acrylic; that must be why Tenax works so much better with ABS. Dennis

By soolinehistory <destorzek@...> · #114943 ·

Re: MEK...

Tenax is methylene chloride so not all styrene glues are MEK. MEK is also far more flammable than methylene chloride; both are fairly volatile which is annoying to both one's respiratory system as

By mwbpequod · #114942 ·

Re: MEK...

One is reminded of a famous quote from a well known photographer of steam era freight cars in his The Provocative Pen of Lucius Beebe in which Beebe refered to California stating "It is akin to an

By Don <riverman_vt@...> · #114944 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

Jeff, Wet sand the "run" and feather it into the rest of the body, it the safest thing you can do as most all strippers rely on alcohol as Tom mentioned... Start with 400 and work your way down

By Greg Martin · #114940 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

I have grit blasted many(more than 5 ) resin cars from various mfgs to remove paint/decals/weathering. I have used both alum oxide and glass beads at pressures up to 60psi in a Northcoast Hobbies

By Joseph · #114939 ·

Re: MEK... perhaps another reason

Before going over the edge on the banning of MEK-- It can also be used in the manufacture of Methamphetamine. It was "Red listed" back in 1988. For years (at least in our state) I've been signing

By Bushnell.mp77 Account · #114941 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

Jeff, Maybe you can sand the run down??? Ed Edward Sutorik

By spsalso · #114936 ·

Re: MEK...

I got some last month in Bakersfield at a paint store that deals with commercial accounts. They had gallon pints and most likely larger sizes. So you can still get it in California you just have

By Bill Vaughn · #114935 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

Rather than grit blasting, I would first try blasting baking soda. I confess I have not used this media on paint however. Frankly I do not trust any chemical where resin is involved. Another less

By Bill Welch · #114934 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

THANKS VERY MUCH! For this timely information. I have a Sunshine ATSF dry ice car that I painted incorrectly and had planned to strip it. I hadn't got around to testing with my stock of Chameleon

By Richard Stern · #114933 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

The only other car I had to strip the paint off of was an older Westerfield in the gray resin and the Scalecoat stripper worked perfectly so some resins aren't affected. I guess in Scalecoat's

By Charlie Duckworth · #114932 ·

Re: One less car on the layout....removing paint on Resin models

So, what is recommended for stripping resin models (besides grit-blasting)? I have an SC&F car that I need to strip (the Polly-Scale Armor Yellow has a run in it). Regards, -Jeff Sent: Thursday,

By Aley, Jeff A · #114931 ·

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