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I got your back on this for I have done this. Check this out. You can actually add the WS color that they have at the hobby shop. It is used to paint on hydrocal and it is water based. They have all sorts of colors as you know. The reason I know of this is I was doing my road system over the past few months. I was doing the roads and had to paint them after I sanded them anyway so I figured, *** I can just add the Black top coat color to the mix and spread it on and when I am done sanding it I will not have to paint it. Well that was not the case. Though when it dried it was a better color and it actually looked like the color I wanted the road to be at but after sanding it, the color was not too good looking and also not as tough as when you paint the road. For instance it was a colored hydrocal and you can still easily scrap it, or chip it. But when you paint the road it became more sturdy and not so easy to do those things. So even if the color was good I would recommend that you still paint it for durability. Now if you were going to pour some paint into the mix and then cast rocks!!!! That is the best trick!!! It makes a perfect rock that is colored all the way thru. You can create perfect looking rocks. Then if the rock is too dark or light just paint some color onto it.to add depth. The reason I did not do this to my rocks on my layout is because I did not know what the color of the rocks in southern California were until recently or I would have done this. Try this for you rocks and you will respect the look!
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