02-04-2015, 09:33 AM
KevinKrey Wrote:The water mix seems to be working fine as far as not messing anything up too much but no matter how much I seem to spray I still get the glue pulling the ballast back onto the rail ties and just generally making a mess.
Water / white glue mix will do that. Why ?, Because there is no surfactant. ( no, that's not an Ant who rides a surf board, for entertainment ) The surfactant counters the surface tension of the water, so it can flow more quickly into the ballast, instead of beading. it's that "beading" that causes "the glue pulling the ballast back onto the rail ties".
The use of Windex works because the Windex is a cleaning agent, and as such has a surfactant as one of its ingredients.
I use water/white glue/and dish detergent, premixed in a bottle, and applied with an eyedropper.
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