Reply to "Ballast opinions for inside mountain?"

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Babajaga posted:
Ed Walsh posted:
Depending on where you live Tractor Supply sells bags of chicken grit. Find the one that has no additives in it. It makes for terrific ballast at about $6 for a 5lb. bag that goes a very long way. I use if for all of my ballast. It is simply small granite chips with just enough different color variation to make it look real.
Ed
Do I glue down the chicken grit like any other scenery, using diluted white glue and water? I have heard that rubbing alcohol also needs to be used before spraying the top of the scenery with the final layer of glue?

There are several threads on whether or not to glue down ballast. Your choice.

You DO need something to break surface tension when spraying on glue. Alcohol will work, but so will "wet water" (water with a few drops of dish detergent).

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