When I had to move my layout to redo my basement it was a da*mned mess getting all the ballast off the track. I had used a pretty thick glue water mix. Next time, I will see if I can use less glue and more water. Has this ever happened to anyone and what are good solutions (solutions in both sense of the word)?
If you have used regular white glue (not waterproof) try putting a wet cloth over the section of track you want to move. A bit of soaking should loosen the glue and allow you pull/scrape the ballast off.
Andrew
This is similiar to a thread asked back in December. Some one asked what the ratio was for mixing the glue to the water for ballasting. I said 20% while those who answered behind me said 1:1. Well as it turned out I did a lot of ballasting since then and I found out my 20% glue to water ratio was too low. However it worked to my advantage and here’s why. The section that was ballasted with the 20% solution had to be realligned after words. so with a couple of taps the track came free. When I re-ballasted the track again I used the 20% solution ran the trains making sure every thing worked well and ran straight. once satisfied I put a second coat of glue/water solution on the ballast which was 40%. this has worked very well and yet if I had to rip up the track again it could be down with little effort.