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    #1

    Red spot in roundal moved

    Consternation & knashing of teeth.

    Red spot in a roundel slid & is now off centre.

    Tried water to loosen but no. Think will have to remove. Any ideas ?

    Laurie
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    I managed to move a decal that had dried on top of a second decal with very warm water and washing-up liquid (70:30 % ish) and a fine scalpel blade to get under the top decal and seperate them.

    worth a go ???

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      #3
      Originally posted by \
      I managed to move a decal that had dried on top of a second decal with very warm water and washing-up liquid (70:30 % ish) and a fine scalpel blade to get under the top decal and seperate them.worth a go ???
      Thanks will have a go. May as second fiddle try Vallejo Airbrush Cleaner. I am dangerous.

      Next message in words will indicate a success.

      Scrambled egg will indicate ??????????? A big black spot.

      Laurie

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        #4
        Stand up that man ! Colin you is genious personified.

        Worked perfectly. But could not trust my self with scalpel. Not that I was going to use it in a self inflicting way. So used finger nail filed smooth with 2000 gauge wet & dry.

        Perfect found a new roundel from my library of finished models. I am away & joyful.

        So we now have it Colin's Grit Colin. Now we have Col's red spot decal remover treatment.

        Thanks Colin.

        Laurie

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          #5
          Serious note.

          Just shows less than an hour & all solved. Was going to go on but will publish under Orchestra in a article.

          Laurie

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            #6
            Glad it worked Laurie.

            I always try the basics first, more often then not they work and i don't have to go down the route of using other techniques (most of which are just variations on a theme anyway ..... i.e. using just water for decals .... this decal treatment "micro stuff" for instance, is just vineger and/or a detergent in a solution anyway at the end of the day..... i always just add a drop of "fairy" to my water for decals and never have many problems, if it's a hard/old decal i just soak it with a drop of vineger in the warm water and it softens it up, the decal, at the end of the day, is normally a polymer based sheet and remembering my chemistry from school, acetic acid degrades "poly-whatevers" )

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              #7
              Thanks Colin. Good info.

              Laurie

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