Each ballast bonding method has pros and cons. White glue can leave shinny spots. It remains water soluble, which can be a pro or a con, depending. Matte medium is dull, but some less expensive brands can leave a white residue. It is not water soluble once set, which may be good but makes it harder to salvage ready-made track if you change the track plan/dismantle a layout.
I have heard about using acrylic flat base from the paint store as a matte medium substitute, and now Future. I have not tried either. If they are effective and cost competitive, there is no reason not to try them. Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 4/1/11, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], > "Michael & Linda Marmer" <mlmarmer@...> wrote: > > > > I asked a friend who is the department head of the > chemistry department at a college and a avid O gauge nut, > about the floor wax. > > He said that is a great idea and sees no reason > why not to use this on ballast. > > > > Haha, But I can't see a good reason to use future > for ballast glue. Future is a floor coating, a very shiny > coating in fact so is not designed to glue dull colored > rock. There are certainly other products better designed for > that job? .....dave ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
