More ballasting Q's

[Biased turkey]

I quit using water as a wetting agent for my ballast...
I use rubbing alcohol with a small amout of black ink in it...(a thin black wash)
This kind of "kills two birds with one stone" if you will...it not only works well as a wetting agent, but it also adds a little weathering to the ballast...a lot of times some of those light-colored commercial ballasts can use a good "dirtying-down"...
As far as a dropper, an old glue bottle works just as well as an eye-dropper, & hold a lot more!

Drew, I like the idea of adding a small amount India ink to the rubbing alcohol. Thanks for the tip.
I agree with you, using rubbing alcohol to wet the ballast works better than using water with 1 drop of detergent.
I'm using Testors pipettes now , it gives a better control than using an eyedropper.

Jacques