02-10-2011, 01:34 PM
A trick I always use when ballasting is to put tiny drops of plastic compatible oil on all of the moving parts of the turnout and any ties that the points slide across, but only in the area where the points actually go over. I do this before ballasting and then the glue won't stick the points. Be careful not to let the oil go anywhere that you want the glue to glue down ballast. I've never had a turnout stick when I used this method.