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MinWax for staining ties
Looking to stain several thousand ties and I have seen many mention the use of MinWax stains. What do you use as the medium to mix in the stain or do you just use full strength stain right out of the can? Is 91% isopropyl alcohol ok to use?
If there is a better method using 91% isopropyl alcohol I am interested in knowing being that I have 4 quarts of the stuff.
Thanks
Michael
Changing Major Directions from my Current Layout to a New One
I started a blog in 2017 to document the creation of my Z scale Alpine layout (all Marklin locos and rolling stock with mixed products for just about everything else). You can see my posts at the end of this page.
I went with Z scale because I wanted to make the most of a layout in a limited space and I had bought some Marklin Z rolling stock, locos and track many years ago for "the day" I would start a layout.
Resistance soldering equipment - recommendations wanted
This week I've seen 2 or 3 discussions that bring up resistance soldering... so, having been interested in upping my game, I want to ask those experienced modelers out there...
What equipment would be a minimum to get satisfactory results in this hobby... realizing I will likely do rail-weight assembly, oat the heaviest. (I have a wire-weight handrail project to start with.)
Converting brass locos to DCC part 01, Compromises
Note: This single blog post has been edited and split into several posts. I made too many posts under one title and it became hard to follow. I don't post often and just figured out how to properly maintain a blog.
Source for Laser Board
Any of you that are using laser cutters know of a source for a product called "laser board?" I had some buildings custom cut. This material was used for trim work. Worked really well. Think it's about 0.015" thick.
Thanks in advance.
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