Anyone use rubber cement? From the art stores. My wife (an artist) has used a
tank full over the years. I never gave it a thought.
John Armstrong
From: pickycat95
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:34 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Ballast
The sound transmission/dampening is of interest to me. I skimped some on the
plywood prairie and even though I've used two layers of cork for roadbed the
bench is quite noisy. Any suggestions how take out the sound board effect?
Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], Terry Dillon <sscalechooch@...> wrote:
>
> This Ballast adhesive thread is very interesting.  I have
>  2 unresolved  concerns with ballasting track: (a) noise transmission
to the
> benchwork, even through homosote or homabed subgrade, and (b) the impact
or
> damage experienced when removing Flex track to make layout changes.
>
> I experimented with white glue on last layout, and only because the SHS
flex
> track was very rugged was I able to salvage it for reuse. the Elmers
White Glue
> stuck everything hard in place. I had to use box cutters and putty knives
to
> pry it loose from the roadbed, and then had to scrape the ballast from the
> ties.   The homabed was scrapped immediately.
>
> I also noticed that the white glue carried the noise from the rail to the
bench
> work.
>
>
> So please keep experimenting and pass on the results.
>
> Terry Dillon
> Laying track in Burbank
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 6:41:34 AM
> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Ballast
>
> Â
> 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 <ctxm@...> 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.
> > >Â He said that is a great idea and sees no reason
> > why not to use this on ballast.
> > >
> >
> > Â 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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