Copper tape on plastic track

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Yeah, for a long while, people who were pretty sure they had the track layout they would stick with for a long time did this. Its very effective, and by the time you decide to change things, its not hard to cut and retape in the new configuration. The only condition I would think important about it, is that you need to have the track solidly in place (tape, nails, etc), so the copper tape doesn't get shifted and wrinkle leading to tape that breaks and makes bad connections. Bad connections make for dirty, intermitant power, and that creates a host of new problems. I say nail it down tight, then tape it, burnish it, and forget it.

I have also seen some tracks that had each section of track taped individually, that mystified me. I don't know why someone would do that.

[BRP32]

I'm glad you posted this because I have been contemplating taping over the joints on my scaley sport track also......

I wasn't sure if the tape would get lifted up off the rails on the joints or not after running over it for awhile?

Wayne (Bolton's Speed Shop) :D :D :D

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Wayne, you will be much happier if you tape all of it. Taping just the joints is pretty much asking for trouble.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Exactly correct.

[dreinecke]

This works very well on plastic track that is experiencing power loss at the joints. I did this on my Scalextric Sport and was very happy with the change it made on my track. Easy to do too!

[HomeRacingWorld]

It won't interfere.