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Jarrell, <br /> <br />I take a sharp no.11 blade and flick off the unwanted ballast. Then I vacuum the heck out of it. The pieces that look like they didn't get glue maybe glued down but you cant tell until it is all dry...If not they will be vacuumed up. If the coverage is bad you can always re-apply more ballast. It took me a couple of weeks working late at night pretty steady to do my 16X4 layout. <br /> <br />One not so funny side note. The old layoyut was Marklin three rail. The track has studs in the center for power pick up. The ballast glue effectively insulated everyone of those studs. The track looked great but not a thing would run. It was the biggest mistake I made on the railroad. I had to go back and scrape each stud by hand (probably more than a thousand total). Markiln guys (all two of you) pay attention. Don't do this!!!!
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