03-23-2009, 07:06 PM
nkp_174 Wrote:You can't paint the rail head...only the sides. I could care less about oxidation on the sides. Painting the sides will not affect corrosion on the top surface. Rather, regular running will polish the high iron...regardless as to what the high iron is made out of.
I don't think that you can make the claim that Linn Westcott killed brass...I never read his work until after I'd learned on my own that brass track was a waste of money. Why didn't RMC run a series of tests to prove that their rival's editor was wrong? I would expect the makers of brass track were not too happy about an editor shredding a product...regardless as to the accuracy of the statements.
why do you say that brass track is a waste of money other than your opinion, as i have stated according to all the metalargy reports i have read brass and nickle brass ( nickle silver ) oxidise at almost the same rate and the common oxide to both is CuO, also all the reports state that the oxides of nickle are a semiconductor not a conductor . the proponents of nickle brass rail over brass rail not one has been able to back there clams with a lick of metallurgy evidents.