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I've been going up to railroad yard and getting a bucket of the silicanic sand. Then i take a 5Qt.icecream pail fill it about half way buy some black liquid Rit dye add about 1/3 of the bottle to the half pail. Mix it together,use an old wooden or metal spoon, (you may want to wear a pair of rubber gloves for this.) After you have the sand mixed and well colored lay out some newspaper, our what i like brown paper bags, put the sand on the paper and just let it dry out spread it out in a very thin layer to help it dry faster. You may end up with some bigger clusters of sand but just break it up with your hands. Cost one bottle of Rit dye about $2.50 and alittle gas to find the sand. One 5gal.bucket and a bottle of RiT dye should give you enough cinders for a life time. Rit also makes a grey dye for main line ballast.
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