what valve pin cleaner

[colin.hepburn]

Hi All
can anyone advice me on a good cleaner for valve pins

[Clive]

Stand the pins in a little coke or brown sauce.

[andrew ivimey]

Yes, this came up in the WAD BB and coke really works. Never tried brown sauce though.

[Clive]

I've not tried brown sauce on valve pins but I have tried on a Middle Eastern bass table top. Came up really well.

[colin.hepburn]

I was aware of the coke But not the brown sauce tried it on me chips tho

Coca-Cola does work, but more effective and less sticky was a recommendation of NealG's: "Wonder Wheels"; a Halfords type product for making Motey Car bits shinier.
Simply stand them in the stuff for an hour or a few and then wipe dry. Repeat if necessary.

[Paul Bannister]

Be careful with nos tubes and worn printing. I found the fumes loosened the print on a pair of signal tubes and it wiped clean off!!!

[Greg.]

So if chemicals (even in food stuffs) might be bad for the nos valves, how about Richard's original suggestion of the fibre-glass cleaning pencil readily available from Maplins and elsewhere. It works well but is a little time consumming and in the process, glass fibres are shed. Moral is, don't clean your valve pins whilst naked

Best wishes,

Greg

[Clive]

Greg, I hope you're not speaking from experience!

[buddam]

As my Gran always said, a stitch in time saves nine, and don't clean your valve pins whilst naked. She was from Birmingham.

Adrian