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I’m wondering if anyone has tried to make their own ground foam?  Grinding it is actually fairly easy.  However, trying to color it, at least with fabric dye, is something I haven’t been able to do.

We’re cleaning out our garage and I’m finding all sorts of stuff I’ve saved for my ‘future’ layout, like two 5 gal buckets of ground foam rubber and one of clean, pine sawdust.  Does anyone have any ideas for coloring either the foam or sawdust?

Another item I found is tons of old 4 conductor phone wire.  I think this stuff is 24AWG and not really appropriate for the demands of S gauge.  I’m thinking the best place for it is the dumpster.  What would you do with it?  How would you use it?

Is there a place on this forum where one is allowed to sell or give stuff away?  I had a post about Flyer track deleted...

Curious minds want to know,

Tom Stoltz

in Maine

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Tom, while I'm unsure about making any recommendations for dyeing foam, I do have a couple of thoughts about the phone wire.  You are right, it's typically 24 gauge solid wire and can be used for low current signalling (relay control) and low load lighting.  It can also be used for extending the wiring for remote control of low current turnouts.

As for the deleted post offering track, I recall seeing that in the S-scale forum.  You may have better luck posting it in the For Sale Forum, and making sure you either include a price, explicitly state that it's free, or free plus shipping, etc.  Hope this helps.

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