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Q: Do you pre-wet the ballast with alcohol (or some solution) as well, or does all the alcohol in this mixture carry the glue in? <br /> <br />A: I mist with alcohol/water mix about half n half and use a glue bottle to drown the glue mix on. If I don't spay I get rocks on top of the ties and gullies. I don't spare the glue as I buy it a Wally World when it's 5 for a buck. Alcohol is 89 cents a quart. I use playsand for ballast mixed with Woodland Lt Gray course and black playsand from HobbyLobby. This like almost everything I mix is by sight. The only thing I measure anymore is car weight. I use to be a chemist and got burnt out on that whole measure everything scene. Kind of like mechanics that drive beater cars. I then leave it overnight to dry or put a fan on it.
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