01-04-2010, 10:46 AM
tetters Wrote:On the subject of grout for ballast.
Maybe you've been following Craig Bisgeier's Housatonic RR website? He has some interesting comments about its use as a medium for ballast.[/url]
Tetters -
Actually, no, I don't as a general rule. I know Craig personally, and he was the one who suggested using it (and I was the one who let him try it on my layout). Craig found it to not be suitable for his layout (too fine of a product if I remember correctly for his needs and likes). He was going to use it as a cinder underlayment for his crushed rock ballast that the ties were to be "laid" directly upon.
As I said, I'm not sold 100% on it either (but I do like the idea), but as I said, it does have it's advantages. My only issue is that once it dried, it got a whitish cast to it, which may be because of the adhesive in it as it dried. I like the "scale look" of it, and that it requires one stwp to apply - add water. I do have an idea to hit it with a wash of india ink (or something similar) to see if it goes away, but honestly, right now ballasting is not a priority on the layout.
RAH