Comments on: Homasote, Cork or Rubber? https://blog.model-train-help.com/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=homasote-cork-or-rubber Model railroads and model trains Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Salbihe https://blog.model-train-help.com/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html#comment-1720 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:37:52 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html#comment-1720 In reply to Ken Malgren.

Don’t forget to sand off those hard edges of the cork. Give them a nice round balalst like edge. So nice to see Progress!Congrats!Regards,Steve J.

]]> By: Alan https://blog.model-train-help.com/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html#comment-672 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:38:52 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html#comment-672 The difference in Homasote and cork are simple Homasote is Cheep! but it is labor intensive to form into roadbed you get it in 4×8 sheets and have to use a table saw,band saw, and then build a jig to slot it so you can form it around the curves, and o yes you might want to take it all outside when you cut it up or you’ll have a snow storm in the garage and don’t forget to buy your friend lunch because he is going to be there all day helping you.

Lets talk about cork! It very easily forms around curves and doesn’t have moisture issues like homasote. If you keep you layout in a outbuilding with no heat or extreme stream temperature changes cork is better. Cork cuts easy with a box cuter but is EXPENSIVE if you don’t buy it in bulk
Rubber, I have no experience with. There is another way no road bed at all but its more noisy. I wish you the best of luck on you layout. I have used both materials and they both work very well. But I can say this; the day after I cash my paycheck I go to the train shop I buy CORK!!!!! Best of Luck ~AlanC.

]]> By: Ken Malgren https://blog.model-train-help.com/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html#comment-669 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:35:35 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2010/02/homasote-cork-or-rubber.html#comment-669 If you want to use the rubber roadbed, as you gently form the roadbed around your curves, then at each point it buckles, use a sharp hobby knife to cut the buckle out of the road bed. Your roadbed should lay flat as it curves.

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