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[quote user="bsteel4065"] <p>I use sheets of cork that I cut into strips. To go through curves, I cut half way through staggered on each side at about 3/4" intervals. I cut in slight angles on the inside curve so it will curve. I use PVA to stick it down held down with as many one year bundles of MRR as it takes. I then sand it with a block along the top and along the edges to get a continuous flat surface and eased edges for latter ballasting. </p><p>Barry <span class="smiley">[8D]</span></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Barry, you certainly are making it hard on yourself. I am not quite sure why you would go to this trouble rather than laying roadbed cork designed for the job. I set down and glued more than 100 feet of this in an afternoon. The only time consuming part was tapping in the push pins to hold it in the curves on the latex caulk I used for glue. No sanding required either.</p><p>Greg, there is no way that roadbed cork buckles, or cracks when set into curves as tight as 15" radius or more. Never had a problem. Not sure what info you got ahold of.</p>
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