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Try this. <br /> <br />While this message relates to scenery, this stuff should make good ballast also. <br /> <br />Some months ago I asked this forum about what material to use for beach sand and was told that some people use grout. WELL!! My trip to Lowes was very revealing. <br /> <br />I found a product called Spectra Lock Part C made by a company called Laticrete. It is made of very fine crystalline silica and comes in 1 pound containers which look like 1 qt. paper milk cartons. The product comes in more than a dozen different colors and is made to be mixed with a liquid called Part A&B to produce a stain proof colored tile grout. I don't use part A&B. <br /> <br />I have used the following colors: <br />#1223 Antique White for beach sand. <br />#1230 Sand Beige for a darker color sand. <br />A mixture of #1242 Platinim and #1245 Raven produces the familar dirty gray color found in many railroad yards. <br /> <br />I spread the substance on the ground by either painting a base ground color and then sprinkling it over the top, or by spreading it evenly in the yard, wetting it with a 50-50 water/alcohol mixture and then cementing with a 50-50 mixture of water and white glue. It dries in 24 hours. <br /> <br />If anybody can tell me how to insert a picture in this medium, I'll be glad to post a couple of shots of my results. <br /> <br />Jimbo <br />
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