Anyone ever use the version of "Kitty Litter" that hasn't been colored green?  
May be a little coarse for some places.    DJE

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Brian Jackson 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:02 AM
  Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Ballast


    

  Gents,

  Our entire railroad is ballasted using various brands of floor wax. The 
original Future is no longer available. We now use Lundmark All-Wax Floor Wax, 
purchased from Ace. All one needs to do is spray a little water/detergent to 
wet down the ballast, then flow the wax on with an eyedropper/ear-flushing 
bulb. Sometimes,
  you can even spray the wax on if you don't have scenery completed in the 
vicinity. Faster than white glue and far easier to apply. Might leave a little 
gloss on the ties, but you won't notice it, or even care if you do, because, by 
gum, you got all of your track ballasted instead of putting it off. 

  Someone mentioned using sand for ballast (or at least trying to), I strongly 
advise against that: you will end up with ultra fine silica particles 
everywhere on your layout (no matter how much glue you use), which will work 
their way up into your steam locos' running gear. 



  

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