 What is ballast magic? Ballast magic powder adhesive lets you apply the ballast dry to your track work and then use ordinary tap water to fix it in place. Easy, clean and fun without the usual ballasting mess. Ballast magic is ideal for ballasting turnouts without ruining your finely tuned points and other moving parts. No glue running all around to gum up your turnouts. Here we have a bottle of ballast magic powder adhesive from deluxe materials and the ballast we've selected. Mix the ballast magic glue powder with the ballast. One part ballast magic powder to about five to ten parts ballast using less glue with more coarse ballast. We're using granite ballast here and we just mix in the glue powder. Note the ballast magic powder completely disappears. Its particles are so tiny they stick to the surfaces of every ballast grain. Let's ballast this piece of track using the granite ballast with the ballast magic glue mixed in. Once the ballast has been put down and dressed we give it a quick spray of water using the ballast magic fine mist spray bottle and straight tap water. Once everything has been whetted down we can see the magic part. Notice the ballast magic has bonded instantly. You may be saying to yourself that's a neat trick but I won't be turning my layout on its side as soon as I ballast in my track. True but this dramatically illustrates how ballast magic provides a tidy wave of ballasting with far less glue mass and it allows you to get on with other tasks on the layout since your fresh ballast will stay put. Let's look at a few ballast magic tips. Mix a touch of isopropyl alcohol or IPA into the water spray. It's a slightly wetter solution that can penetrate and activate the glue more thoroughly. Want to take up your ballasted track later to make a layout modification? Simply apply warm water to the ballast area to release the glue. There are many other uses for ballast magic. Don't let the word ballast in the name stop you. Ballast magic glue powder works to glue down any granular material. For instance replace that unrealistic tender coal load with real coal bonded with ballast magic. Get realistic results quickly thanks to ballast magic's instant bonding action. You can make gravel piles of any kind and quickly fix them in place with ballast magic. You can wet down tree sprigs, sprinkle on ballast magic powder and wet it down to activate the glue then sprinkle on ground foam. Instant Tree. To learn more go to the Deluxe Materials website and download a catalog. Deluxe Materials Ballast Magic is distributed through hobby dealers by Horizon Hobby, Walters and Hobby Time Distributors. You can also buy online from MegaHobby.com or TowerHobbies.com. Or visit your local hobby shop and ask for Deluxe Materials Ballast Magic by name.