Use a fine spray of water with enough matte medium or other adhesive to do the job; or in the case of matte, just lay it on with a brush and it will soak down enough before it dries. With Matte cut with around 4 parts water, it never dries hard. DJE
----- Original Message ----- From: shabbona_rr To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:09 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Rock Ballast Article (was I'm "s"old!) So, how do you keep cat litter from "clumping" when you glue it down? Bob Nicholson _______________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "Michael & Linda Marmer" <mlmarmer@...> wrote: > > Well, someone should market train ballast for Cat Litter!!!! > > http://www.everclean.com/ > > Actually this was the best brand of cat litter we used, when we had two cats. No more smell. > > Cost a bit more, but worth it. > > To make this train related, it is a very fine litter, if you want something very fine for ballast. And the color is a good light gray. > > Mike > > From: Bob Werre > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 2:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Rock Ballast Article (was I'm "s"old!) > > > One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that most cats are drawn to > actually using the cat litter whether it's the litter box or the > mainline! Since we have three cats, of which two venture into the > trainroom, taking a chance isn't a good idea. My wife will change the > litter box and the cats will line up just waiting to use it. I actually > photographed a cat for the packaging for one brand of litter. The cat > was one of those fussy, stuck-up, long-haired white felines, (needless > to say we didn't hit it off, so getting it to pose was out of the > question) while the litter itself came from a mine in Georgia--it's > really just a clay. As Roger suggests it resembles the marble found on > the Monon, so I suppose one could actually use the stuff for a clay mine > too! > > Bob Werre > > n 7/22/11 12:40 PM, Roger Nulton wrote: > > > > Forgot to mention another advantage of the clay cat litter/ground nut > > shell ballast method. When these materials are attached with matte > > medium, it muffles the unwanted track sounds so that one can hear the > > sounds of the locomotive. Track noise is magnified when using white > > glue and â?oreal rockâ? ballast. > > > > Just my bias. > > > > Roger Nulton > > Tacoma, WA > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
