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Personally, I'd forget pre-wetting the ballast. I'd use only a mixture of 25% white glue, 50% alcohol, and 25% water mixed with a few drops of detergent. Apply it until the ballast is soaked. By pre-wetting the ballast without water you're preventing your glue from soaking into everything. By using only a glue mixture, you'll know that whatever's wet, is glued. I've used this on cars filled with ground coal and it works great. <br /> <br />The importance of the alcohol is that it helps to dry the glue deep inside the ballast. Because the alcohol dries quickly it "carries" the water out with it. <br /> <br />Mark in Utah
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