@Mannyrock posted:Tom,
Homasote, by all reports, is horrible to cut into straights and curves, and otherwise work with. (Dust._
If you are not certain that one layer of felts would deaden the sound enough, then just buy enough to put two layers down. It is cheap, easy to cut with scissors, and easy to throw away if it doesn't work out.
I would staple the two layers together, a half inch or so inside along each side of the outer edges, rather than glue them together. (Just consider it as a simple experiment.)
Easy enough to do underneath maybe 6 feet of the track, just to test out how it sounds.
Mannyrock
Mannyrock, You are correct about Homasote being a mess. I have use it quite a bit and have learned to cut outside. I do like the results with Homasote and because you can walk on it, I am thinking seriously about using it for my base rather than EPS foam. I destroyed the foam I used last year and need to replace it. Homasote for the sub-roadbed on the grades is also probably the way to go.
Because it is a Xmas layout, in the living room, I don’t have much time to devote to testing. I need to be able to have all the decisions made ahead of time. But I can say that felt rather than any cotton product is the way to go especially, for the trains, also cotton is not all that stable of a platform for village people or trees.
Tom Stoltz
