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Well, I ballasted my track as jsalemi with a few exceptions. One, I poured about a tablespoon of ballast town about 2-3 feet of track and then spread it with a 2" foam brush until there were only two or three pieces of ballast on the ties per foot of track (trust me, it makes all the difference). Then I poured ballast along the sides of the track and then spread it out and shaped it, making sure no cork was showing through. Granted, my layout is HO, so you might have to adjust the amounts a little. When I sprayed the track with "wet water", I used a glass cleaner bottle. I started spraying a very light coat of the water on the ballast from a few feet above the ballast. Once all the ballast was wet i began to gradually move in closer to the track. When I was done spraying, there was a small puddle, more or less, around the track. Basically, the ballast was <i>thoroughly</i> wet. When I applied the glue mixture, I used an old glue bottle with a twist-open cap opened enough so that you have to squeezeit a little to get a solid stream of the glue mixture. I applied it by squeezing the bottle just enough to create a steady stream of glue and then passed over the ballast until glue was seeping out the bottom. When I was all done, I went and blotted up some of the excess water/glue on the sides of the track. <br />I hope that this was helpful. If you want, check out this link http://community.webshots.com/album/109373438labwaY for some pictures of my ballast-work. <br />Reed
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