Fact: the recommended adhesive for gluing rails to the Central Valley plastic ties is Barge All-Purpose Cement, made by the Quabaug Corporation of North Brookfield, MA. (You mean there's actually an industry in North Brookfield?)
Fact: a 2-oz. tube of Barge cement generally costs less than $5.
But where do you get it?! I always heard of it being available in Ace Hardware stores, but I've been to three Ace locations (two in Massachusetts) and have caught nary a whiff of the stuff. Ace Hardware Outlet wants almost $10 shipping to buy online. Forget it, I'm turning to Amazon!
By the way, I think I now have all of the tie strips, rails and flextrack I need to start laying the track. Unfortunately, I still have to finish building up and carving the foam scenery base first!
Details, details. I'll get to it...one of these days.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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