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I never was really fond of ballasting. It always came out as mess - more ballast on the floor and all over the place than on the track! I think it was Cody who showed us the use of a flat triangle-shaped brush to spread the ballast and shape the shoulder. Shortly before ballasting time came on my layout, a local $-shop (the German equivalent of it) sold the brushes at a ridiculously low price and I bought a set. Guess what, spreading the ballst was much easier and faster! I used diluted white glue to affix the ballast, applying  it straight from a squeeze bottle I had equipped with a hypodermic needle. While I don´t say ballasting is now fun, it has lost a lot of its scare for me.
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