IronBeltKen
Lazy Daydreamer
Good afternoon crew,
Well I've done it, really done it this time - irreparably ruined the appearance of my main line track!
It seemed so simple*: pour a teensy bit of ballast in between the ties, making sure that it did not go above tie-top level, wet it with alcohol and soak it with diluted Elmers. But somehow, some way, the ballast expanded (or floated up?) to cover the ties and the inner sides of the rails, and now it's ugly as sin!
I wish I didn't have to be here at the office, because I'm anxious to see if I can grind away the excess crap from the top and re-expose the ties. I don't have the time or money to rip out all this track and do everything over again!!! I figure if I'm really careful, I can use my Dremel with a wirebrush attachment to eliminate the excess; failing that, it looks like I have permanently relegated the Iron Belt to the realm of mediocrity
*I know, I know - "You shoulda read a HowTo book about it first." True, but I have this terrible habit of never cracking a book unless I actually have a question about something. That approach works for me 99% of the time...
Well I've done it, really done it this time - irreparably ruined the appearance of my main line track!
It seemed so simple*: pour a teensy bit of ballast in between the ties, making sure that it did not go above tie-top level, wet it with alcohol and soak it with diluted Elmers. But somehow, some way, the ballast expanded (or floated up?) to cover the ties and the inner sides of the rails, and now it's ugly as sin!
I wish I didn't have to be here at the office, because I'm anxious to see if I can grind away the excess crap from the top and re-expose the ties. I don't have the time or money to rip out all this track and do everything over again!!! I figure if I'm really careful, I can use my Dremel with a wirebrush attachment to eliminate the excess; failing that, it looks like I have permanently relegated the Iron Belt to the realm of mediocrity
*I know, I know - "You shoulda read a HowTo book about it first." True, but I have this terrible habit of never cracking a book unless I actually have a question about something. That approach works for me 99% of the time...