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Hi, Something my Dad taught me a LONG time ago, and that has worked well for me and several people I know is to apply a sealer to the wood as soon as you are done building. My husband and I use a clear 'acrylic varathane' on our benchwork. It is colorless, has low oder, and cleans up with water. Sealing the wood makes it very stable with seasonal humidity and temperature changes. We also seal the sub-roadbed. One of our friends is building a HUGE layout in G gauge, 3 foot....patterened after the Rio Grande narrow gauge Colorado line. This scale is usually reserved for outdoor layouts, but his is indoors, being built in a climate controlled building constructed just for the purpose. Were takling about 110-120 feet by 50 or so inside!! Every inch of the benchwork AND the custom cut homasote sub-roadbed is being sealed as it is built.. I would also let the wood settle for a full week in the room it will be installed into. 3 or 4 days is good, 3 or 4 more is better. After that your just loosing time as the majority of adjustment will have occured.....ASSUMING you bought Kiln Dried [ KD ] lumber. If you bought green wood it can take a year to dry. <br /> <br />Good Luck! <br />Jennifer <br />
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