Dark Dirt ?

[Dennis Bourey]

Well John, Now I know why I have a mortar and pestle. Must of been one your roundhouse or Engine work build. I found it yesterday.
You use your Mortar and pestle to grind your chalk also? Thanks

[postalkarl]

Hey Dennis:

I have all kinds of model dirt in my collection so that is pretty much what I use. Heck I don't even remember where I got it all. So at any rate that's pretty much what I use.

Karl

[Dennis Bourey]

Thank you Karl. There's all kinds of dirt, Weird when my yard real dirt don't look right. lol

[S&S RR]

Well John, Now I know why I have a mortar and pestle. Must of been one your roundhouse or Engine work build. I found it yesterday.
You use your Mortar and pestle to grind your chalk also? Thanks

I don't find that the chalk needs to be finer - I just scrape it onto a pallet with a #11 and apply it with a brush.

[Dennis Bourey]

Thank You John, Dennis

[deemery]

A piece of (fine) wallboard sanding screen works great for reducing chalk to dust :-)


dave

[sdrees]

Dennis, You can order it on line from Home Depot and have it delivered to a neaby store and then you do not have to pay the shipping charges.  Some things on amazon cn be very expensive vs other outlets.

[Dennis Bourey]

Thank you steve. Heading there tomorrow

[Dennis Bourey]

Very true Dave I didn't think of that.Dennis

[Opa George]

With regard to the grout, I liked the idea and wanted to try it out, so went to the local Home Depot and picked up two different colors. Unfortunately I did not pay close enough attention to the "sanded" part, and accidentally picked up un-sanded grout.  Not the same.  Be sure you get the sanded variety.

--Opa George

[Dennis Bourey]

Thank you George. What color'e did you pick out? Dennis

[Keep It Rusty]

Hey Dennis.

On my trip to Home Depot over the weekend I picked up a 25lb bag of "Haystack".

Will report back on my findings over the coming days.

[Dennis Bourey]

Thank you my Friend....

[Opa George]

Thank you George. What color'e did you pick out? Dennis

I think it was the summer wheat, referenced above.  I tried using it but was not happy with the results, so went back to my tried and true method of using all purpose sand.  The bag of sand I got a few years ago for $3 at Home Depot seems to be just the exact right color--a light tan.  However sand color varies greatly. I just got lucky.

Opa George

[Dennis Bourey]

George, Thank you sir. I went to homedepot and I forgot the sand lol. I got a bag of Haystack and paint but I forgot the sand. So it's on my next run list.