Ballast question

[Anonymous]

Ted,

White glue is 50/50 with water. The wetting agent is a few drops of detergent per pint of water Tap water has always worked well for me.....

[TheEdginator]

ALWAYS ALWAYS use the alcohol, the first section of my layout, i layed the ballast, then used straight woodland senics stuff, it moved the ballast everywhere that i didnt want it. Then i did a small mod. layout for a school project, used the alcohol and glue, it was soooooo much cheaper than the wood. scenics stuff, ive heard that if you dont add a drop of dish washing liquid to 50/50 white glue water mix, you will have a semi floss appearance, but it also works well to secure ground foam.

[oldyardgoat]

Re: Darrell "Stickily"'s comment.
I did that on my first N-scale pike back in the early 1970s. I still have some ballasted track sections salvaged from that effort. I spread the ballast across the yard tracks, as well. When I went to dismantle the thing, it was like concrete! I would have needed a miniature jack hammer to salvage the yard track. I ended up junking the yard as one piece (I later wished I had kept it for inclusion on my next layout, but . . . )
ardenastationmaster