Weathering and Ballasting Track on a Garden Railroad - The Bridge Over the River Why?

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Weathering rail on a garden railroad with spray paint after it is assembled on ties and laid in place using spray paint and rust colors. Then onto ballasting using poultry grit and Kitty Litter.
We use Llagas Creek #1 gauge code 250 track with nickel silver track. As the nickel silver never rusts, we add rust by painting the rails with several rust colors of metal-compatible outdoor paint. This requires masking the ties and benchwork.
Then onto ballasting for the perfect look using poultry grit, a ground granite product usually fed to chickens and turkeys to improve digestion! We also use simple clay-only kitty litter from Walmart.
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@David-yo5re 23 дня назад

The idea to use that particular kitty litter for ballast is genius.

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

@@David-yo5re thanks!

@shaunkuhn4215 23 дня назад

A sharp putty knife, is your best friend when taping and masking. Purdee makes a good one.

@ToyManTelevision 21 день назад

This is great because it mostly the right size off the roll! Except for turnouts. They need cutting. 😊

@johnmalley4355 23 дня назад

Track and everything looks good. I like how you did your track. Nice work 👍🏻

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

Thanks a lot!

@loispadgett6306 23 дня назад

Thanks for sharing your painting and ballesting technics. GOD BLESS 🚂 💕 🚂 💕 🚂 💕

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

@@loispadgett6306 thanks again! Bless you too! Thanks for that.

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 23 дня назад

Nice thought using the kitty litter also.

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

Karyn suggested it. Perfect. And mixes well with the chicken grit!

@kenshores9900 23 дня назад

Great video Dale! Never boring.

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

Hi Ken!! Thanks!!!! ❤

@azmike1 23 дня назад

I still have the stainless steel track offered way back when by Aristocraft. I have plenty. Sold a lot too. I have a much smaller road now. Fantastic outdoor durability and conductivity.

@garyacker7388 23 дня назад

I'm in awe every time I watch your detailed build! Thank you so very much I'm looking forward to seeing you guys every time time. 😊

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

Thank you so much! I love building. I’ve always loved building more than running the trains or anything, but like everyone I was hell-bent on getting things done. Now I’m quite content to spend an entire week on one little thing. I get great joy.

@azmike1 23 дня назад

Well done. Poultry Grit! OK. Great stuff! Thank you!

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

Thanks again!

@angelgabriella7974 23 дня назад

Another great video. I've used the poultry grit and also the Kitty. Litter for my o scale railroad with gargraves track. I started with Kitty litter somewhere around 1995 and around 99. Maybe 2000, I switched to the poultry grit, and trust me, once you glue down the Kitty litter. It is extremely hard to get it off again. I like the idea about leaving it loose. Especially outdoors where you are. Thanks for another great video.

@zenontrainstrucks9433 23 дня назад

Awesome video! Thanks for the tips.

@sinkinpat 18 дней назад

I really appreciate your video’s. I had a loop for my live steam locomotives at my old house on the ground. My new house I want an elevated railroad minimum 3’ off the ground. I am not getting any younger. Your layout style would work great with live steam.

@MygrandpasTrain 23 дня назад

Interesting ballast methods. They appear to fit the scale nicely. I once tried using gravel from roofing shingles that landed in the gutter to ballast my HO layout. The dust from that was a terrible insulator and the trains refused to run. I removed all of it and the trains ran fine after that. I've never tried ballasting since, but I'm ok with a more toy like appearance.

@ToyManTelevision 21 день назад

I use dirt on small scales! Well glued down. No dust. Great look for narrow gauge.

@Deadbrokemine 23 дня назад

Mineral spirits is actually an insulator, all oils are. The nice thing is that it evaporates well, so there is nothing left after you have used it, unlike a lot of soap containing products which assume you rinse it all away afterwards.

@Ken4trains 23 дня назад

I’ve also used the Rustoleum camo earth brown on my dual gauge track…take the modules outside which makes short order and a whole lot better than air brushing or hand painting. Only difference in painting is, I spray everything, track, ties, turnouts, then come back and clean the track top with either bright boy, finger nail “yikes!” or a razor blade, which that almost never happens because the paint would be to thick! When it comes to purchasing the rattle cans, as you’ve said, it’s hard to come by, I still haven’t found any at my local stores…might need to go online and find some. Anyway thanks for sharing your techniques, whether I use the same techniques or not, it’s good to know….all great minds think alike 😊

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

Hi Ken. Yeah, I used to use bright boys all the time, but somebody put me onto something. And that’s that any abrasive even something is mild as a bright microscopic scratches in the rail if you can maintain a smooth surface, it doesn’t collect as much dirt. Dirt to anchor itself to the rail. At least that’s what I was told, so all I do is wipe off my track with a bit of mineral spirits. it works perfectly. I almost never clean my tracks outdoors. I’ve gone as long as two years without cleaning them! The only reason I wipe them down at all is because I put them by doing something like this, or if I get dirt on them or something. I think part of the key is having high-quality nickel silver like Llagas Creek uses. My old railroad was aluminum! What a nightmare. I had to clean it every time I went to use it. Fortunately, I had an LGBT Cleaning locomotive. Had a very abrasive wheel that went around and really cleaned the rail.

@stevemellin5806 23 дня назад

Looks fantastic . looking forward to seeing operation s on the line

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

A few clips here. But time to switch out a train at the Never Mine!

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 23 дня назад

Check out Peace River gravel from Super Naturals. This is a nice mini stone that you can also use. A nice natural color blend that is not dyed. Just like it came out of a quarry. I think that also would be great for the track. Amazon has it also as well as an aquarium shop. Just another thought to help with the layout for you.

@ToyManTelevision 23 дня назад

@@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 wow!! I’ll look!

@alexmanne 23 дня назад

That looks great! Perfect timing on this video - I ordered about 42ft of Llagas Creek nickel silver code 250 track a few weeks ago and I will definitely be spraying the track exactly like you did. Thanks! I'm gonna try ballasting with roofing granules. See what happens...

@ToyManTelevision 21 день назад

Perfect!