josef2000

11 minutes ago, 34theletterbetweenB&D said:

Except that the title refers to removing ballast...

 

The hot water suggestion is a move in the right direction, a steam cleaner or wallpaper steaming kit will soften this adhesive. BUT! While that would be OK for getting any ballast off the cork,  getting the cork off the plywood is likely to be problematic, as the ply glue will almost certainly start failing if you can get enough steam under the cork. Lots of work to only wreck the ply is not much use.

 

It would help if the OP could clarify...

 

Is it possible to take the ply tops off the frame, turn it over and reattach to the frame? Don't bother trying to get most of the cork and/or ballast off, other than where the frame attaches, much less risk of ruining the ply.

I would love to flip the ply over however the baseboard is secured with mainy screws and nails in many places and seems I have a bigger risk of damaging it

My apologies, I'm new to this forum and website but I'm trying to remove the ballast and the cork. Sorry for the confusion and lack of clarity

Hi there,
I've got a layout in the shed which I wasn't happy with so I've made a new layout by creating a plan with SCARM on my PC.

The old layout is 9mm ply with cork stuck on top with evo stik wood glue, I've used this wood glue for my ballasting also. It's great stuff and very strong. However now I'm trying to remove it and nothings working.

All the track has been lifted so I don't have to worry about damaging anything except the baseboard really.

I've tried using a wallpaper scraper, tried water too but that just seems to make a mess.

If anyone has any tips or tricks could they let me know?