Big Thanks to Harsco and his wonderful post on his massive layout. I was really intrigued by his discussion on using Grout for Ballast & Scenery.

I really like zip texturing for most dirt using info from Model Railroad Hobbyist e-zine. So was mainly focusing on the Ballast. So off to Lowes to pick-up some Spectraloc Grout.


this is the box from Lowes.


These are the colors I started with under 600 led per 5 m lighting.


This is with added T5 cfl.

Very interested in giving this ago. It is silica sand and I will test carefully, but the grain size is really nice. Hope it works out, Price is right about $4 per 1 Quart.

Thanks Cameron