Ballasting and Product List

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100	Fifty  Dirt	Oak Creek Red	114	127	Gray Powder	Stamp Sand	151
101	Red Cinder	Basalt	115	128	Smooth Stone	Pit Run	152
102	Kaibab Limestone	Apache Stone	116	129	Concrete	B&O	154
103	Black Cinder	Mauve	117	130	NP Gray	NS Louisville Kentucky	155
104	Sedona Red	Orange	118	131	Mill Tailings	Industrial Powder	200
105	Penn Gray	Roofing Sand	119	132	White Marble	BNO	201
106	Beach Sand	Ash	1220	133	CSX Bright Gray	Kinzua	300
107	High Desert	Cajon	120	134	Green Granite	Desert Plum	400
108	Jerome Ore	Aspalt	121	135	UP Gray	Sante Fe Mauve	500
109	Eart	Yard Mix	122	136	Ghost City Concrete
109c	Cumbers	UP Tan Granite	123	137	Wood Debris
110	Low Desert	Fools Gold	124	138	CSX
112	Coke	Pink Lady	125	140	Pigments
113	Coal	White Pigment	126	150	St Louis blend

Ballasting

The process of laying the ballast needs much care. You may get into a problematic area that you may not what the ballast or that color. If you’re going to blend multi colors, mix it, and store that first. Start pouring the ballast on the track from the bag or another container. Pour down the length of the track. Use a paintbrush about 1” wide to brush the ballast into the ties and to the sides. If you need an area to be a bit dirty, add some brown ballast or some pigment now. If the track is old or abandoned, place some grass and dirt middle and alongside.

Gluing the ballast

Never glue down the ballast till you are ready, and you don’t want any other changes. Use an eye drop with 50% glue and 50% water. Start in the middle of the track and keep adding till the edge starts getting wet on the surface. This is so the ballast does not move from the water. We do not suggest that you use alcohol or other than glue. So add some dish soap to make it flow better. The glue will take several hours to dry completely. Best to dry overnight. When dried or nearly add some powder of the same color or brown to add back some color, the was a loss from the water moving the dust that was in the product. When thoroughly dried, use the brush/ vacuum to find and lose ballast you don’t want. If the layout is not going to move, you can skip this.