Wahl Clipper Oil for Track: The Verdict 2 Years on?

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While we're on the subject, another highly touted method is to use a process called 'gleaming'. You use a fine grit sand-paper to scrub your rail heads, ending with something near 600 grit, and then burnish them with a mag wheel metal polish such as Mother's or Black Magic. Finally, take a steel washer and scrub the rail heads until they look like mirrors. Those who have sucked it in and actually tried this (because they had grown desperate over countless other failed tips), have become enthusiastic converts. The big outcome is that the rails no longer have to be cleaned every week or three...some report going a full year between cleanings, and one guy says he hasn't had to clean his rails in three years!

I will also say the idea of oiling the rails sounds highly counter-intuitive, and I am averse to trying it. I could be wrong about my choice....

-Crandell