tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post1651997129065186632..comments2023-12-24T12:05:31.362+11:00Comments on BYLONG: Back to Work on the LayoutRay Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16624865987062727847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post-91834757615855488222016-10-17T20:03:29.689+11:002016-10-17T20:03:29.689+11:00Great information on different approaches once aga...Great information on different approaches once again, Ray. Thanks for passing it on!<br />Cheers,<br />LindsayLindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post-50211997325910285412016-08-24T18:24:59.942+10:002016-08-24T18:24:59.942+10:00Iain
I had problems with thinned PVA on my Wollar...Iain<br /><br />I had problems with thinned PVA on my Wollar station baseboard joins years ago which I finally stripped out the track relaid it and ballasted using the liquid hairspray to bond it. Apart form the smell the hairspray works very well but is not something that can easily be bought. It is used in a spritzer type spray bottle.<br /><br />The Johnsons Kleer is equivalent to what I used as I understand it. Aircraft modellers use it to apply a clear high gloss coat on a model prior to decalling.<br /><br />I find that the Long Life Floor polish acrylic holds the ballast reasonably well for normal use but it can be easily dug up and removed from the track if necessary without all the mucking about with soaking the track/ballast with water and the attendant risk of swelling of the baseboard.<br /><br />It hold static grass quite well and it dries matt when used on ballast, soil, etc. very useful stuff.<br /><br />RayRay Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624865987062727847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9074654920193695267.post-77044449506717328822016-08-24T17:53:33.546+10:002016-08-24T17:53:33.546+10:00An interesting post, Ray. I know what you mean abo...An interesting post, Ray. I know what you mean about the baseboard swelling, it's the last thing you need with trackwork- with your characteristic skill and delicacy you have avoided it. I tend to be a bit ham-fisted with glues and the like! Interesting that you use an acrylic co-polymer product for ballast, a bit like the now defunct "Johnson's Kleer" in this country, many folk in the UK use it or a replacement. I did get caught out recently with the paint on the track...I wish I had read this first to remind me :-)Iain Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633733907566547236noreply@blogger.com