03-15-2013, 08:26 PM
You should be safe with an oil that says "plastic compatible".
When I was young, my best friend lubed his Kitmaster locos with some Mazola from the kitchen. Later on they stopped running (these were 100% plastic) and we found the axles had expanded. Then MR had an article showing plastic parts that had been soaked in oil for a few months. Not a pretty sight.
So plastic compatible for anything used around the trains because it can get splattered on the other bits.
When I was young, my best friend lubed his Kitmaster locos with some Mazola from the kitchen. Later on they stopped running (these were 100% plastic) and we found the axles had expanded. Then MR had an article showing plastic parts that had been soaked in oil for a few months. Not a pretty sight.
So plastic compatible for anything used around the trains because it can get splattered on the other bits.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.