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Lots of good ideas here. I have been through most of them in doing the ballast for the D&J Railroad. Most of the 7 - 8 scale miles of track on the D&J Railroad was ballasted with the following proceedure. I poured the ballast into the track area then shaped it with an old tooth brush. I applied water with a few drops of dish soap (wet water) from a squeez handle Windex glass cleaner bottle. I use an old catsup squeez bottle with the long pointy narrow nozzle for control of the flow and getting the 50/50 glue water mix right where I want it. Soak the ballast down real good so it gets to the cork, homasote or whatever is under the track. I let it dry for a few days then touched up where the ballast washed away a bit. Ken, D&J Railroad, Stafford, VA
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