Decal help

[Guest]

Oh , and here's me using Vallejo ! Am I missing something ?

Used it for a time John. There are two components from memory apply one initially then decal.
Wait until dry or near & apply the other one. I waited until dry.

Vallejo tells you to use them it order of name. But noticed that a couple of demos I watched
were using them vice versa.

The one used over the decal I found quite sucessful. It sank the decal into recesses etc. As
said before it did in a percentage of cases get rid of silvering. Carefull with thin decals.

I know I have thrown DACO into the mix above (bored every one) but not had any problem
with disintegration even thin decals.

Like all things we all grow to like our own system & routine. With new concoctions tools I
always have good experiment with old plastic decals pays dividends.

Laurie

[Tim Marlow]

Mind you, Tamiya decals can sometimes need a blowtorch

[JR]

The only problem I've ever had was with some very old Allan decals, they fell apart as the water soaked in.
Don't think any thing could have saved them, those PARC ones were not much better, the strip started to drift apart as soon as the water soaked in.
I put them the wrong way around once as well Laurie, didn't seem to make much difference.:flushed:.John .

[Guest]

I’ve read tips in old magazines about spraying some varnish over old decals to stop them disintegrating when soaked in water.

[Guest]

I’ve read tips in old magazines about spraying some varnish over old decals to stop them disintegrating when soaked in water.

Jakko Microscale produce a product for old decals. Liquid Decal Film. Paint it on & it hold, with luck, the decal together. Used
it once & it worked.

Laurie

[JR]

Jakko and Laurie, I wish I had known that, would have like to have used them.

John.

[stillp]

I used that Microscale Liquid Decal Film on my Hasegawa 1/72 FW190 build, from a kit that could have dated from 1976. It worked well, but you need to either apply it carefully to only the area of the decal, or cut the decal out afterwards, or you get a bigger area of carrier film wherever you used the Microscale stuff. John has it in the shop.

Pete