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For "free" road material I found that regular beach sand, sifted thru an old flour sifter works well for both gravel roads & paths. (Soaked with glue/water mix after spreading carefully) For paved roadway I use the same basic idea and painting the fully dried sand in concrete or aged blacktop colors and adding tar strips and pothole repairs with dark gray and black paints. By the way, the larger pieces left over after sifting can be used in a number of ways also..... Be creative............ <br /> <br />One note of caution though, when cured and painted it is almost as hard as real concrete and is a bear to remove or alter if you change your mind. Unpainted just rewet it really good and it'll turn back into sand-goo.
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