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Did you paint subroadbed & roadbed?
Did you paint subroadbed & roadbed?
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donhalshanks
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January 2001
From: US
406 posts
Did you paint subroadbed & roadbed?
Posted by
donhalshanks
on Monday, September 26, 2005 10:30 AM
Is it best to paint with latex the ribbon subroadbed (or flats plywood below towns), and also the roadbed (I'll use homa-bed) .... or leave either or both unfinished? Also, do you put any expansion cracks between the splices of either? (I kind of assume not).
I took the answer consensus of an earlier question, and painted my L-girder benchwork wood before assembling. (Very satisfied with results).
Appreciate all answers, Hal
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Leon Silverman
Member since
July 2004
785 posts
Posted by
Leon Silverman
on Monday, September 26, 2005 10:35 AM
The answers to your benchwork question still apply to your subroadbed, particularly the homabed. Since you will probably cover the homabed with ballast, any latxt paint will do.
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wickman
Member since
August 2003
From: Canada
1,284 posts
Posted by
wickman
on Monday, September 26, 2005 8:30 PM
Hi
I just bought a quart of lite brown latex and cut it 50 / 50 with water so it would be more of a stain then a thick paint and painted the cork road bed and every where else
Lynn[:)]
Lynn
Present Layout progress
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/p/290127/3372174.aspx#3372174
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:23 AM
Home Depot's or Lowe's "Ooops" paint rack - where they put all of the paint that gets mixed wrong or whatever - almost always has brown latex in it. Don't know why, but it seems to always be there. Anyway, you can pick up a gallon for about $5, which is the best deal going,
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