Ballasting

[Tjsingle]

Hey,

I have EZ track from bachmann and I was wondering if i could ballast this track because i'm so far into building my layout and i was thinking on how to ballast it. If so how can this be done easily?

Tjsingle

[jeffrey-wimberly]

All my track is Bachmann nickel silver EZ Track. It can be ballasted easily and believably.

 

I use WS fine ballast with some medium mixed in. I move it into the shape I want with my fingers then trim it up with a small paint brush then soak it with 70% alcohol dripped from a glue bottle immediatly followed by a 50/50 mix of water and white glue. I let it dry for twelve hours then remove whatever I don't want. Be very careful around the turnouts.

[Tjsingle]

I'll try that out on some spare track Thanks

[twhite]

What Jeff says. 

I've got some wide-radius Bachmann EZ track on the Yuba River Sub, and you can ballast it just like any other track.  Jeff uses an alcohol/water spray to wet the ballast, I use a detergent/water spray (seems to work better in my dry climate in the garage).  Works like a charm.  I can't tell the EZ track from my regular flex-track after it's done. 

Here's a shot of my EZ track on Yuba Summit. 

Tom