Varnish dissolve

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Robert
Once you put micro sol on a decal don’t touch it until it has dried again. The micro sol softens and expands the decal so it can conform to the surface. As the decal dries it shrinks back to its original size, hugging the surface, and looks much more like it was painted on. Sometimes micro sol can stain acrylic gloss varnish. Don’t worry about that. If it does, a second coat of varnish once the sol is completely dry can eliminate the problem.

[karkka]

Yes i have discover that. But like I wrote the micro sol made the decal slide or move during drying. Maybe I put on to much. Anyway I have another try with the different livery. "Practice make perfect" I guess. And try to be calm when things go wrong.

[Tim Marlow]

I don’t have mine to hand Robert….was that the red one or the blue one that you used? I may well be wrong, but the effect you are describing sounds like you used the blue one. The blue one is used to help slide the decal into place. If you put too much of that on the decal could be floated away…..

The red one was the solution I was describing, so sorry if I’ve confused you.

I use these solutions as follows:
Soak the decal for a few seconds until it can be moved on the backing paper.
Wet the model surface with the blue solution and slide the decal into position.
Blot or wick off the excess liquid and let the decal dry.
Wet the decal surface with the red solution and let it settle the decal down on to the surface as described above.

[karkka]

I only have the Micro sol it's the red one. The first side I did worked better. So maybe I did something different. I did not clean the area before I put any decals.