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| Subject: | Re: Home made decals |  |
| Date: | Aug 13, 2005 |
| From: | Rob Bowman | |
Hello Alex.
Gino and Christopher's reviews are right on the money. After printing, Wait a day before you do anything else. The secret ingredient is Future Floor wax, available here in the U.S.for $5.00 a quart. It's made to be trodden on 30 minutes after you apply it. Do Not let it harden in your airbrush- quite a nightmare. Future doesn't need to be thinned, but watch out, it runs very quickly. Position your work 45 degrees to the horizontal before you spray, and three light coats do the job. Clean your airbrush with Denatured Alcohol, the best solvent of all Acrylics, lest Vallejo.I'm still figuring that one out.
Sealing flat surfaces, Future gives you (first) the layer best straight on the Decal Paper, and (second, a gloss coat) on your model where the decal should be applied.
This should help.
Rob |
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 | Home made decals - Alex Hill - Aug 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Home made decals - frank forster - Aug 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Home made decals - Mike Powers - Aug 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Home made decals - Ed Bouwmeester - Aug 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Home made decals - Jerry Plettenberg - Aug 10, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Home made decals - Christopher C. Tew - Aug 11, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Home made decals - Alex Hill - Aug 11, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Home made decals - Gino Quintiliani - Aug 11, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Home made decals - FJCabeza - Aug 12, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Home made decals - Rob Bowman - Aug 13, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Update - Alex Hill - Aug 13, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Attached image [IMG] - Alex Hill - Aug 13, 2005 |
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