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March 2017
- From: Chambersburg, PA
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Tamiya decals thick adhesive
Posted by dlh
on Sunday, March 29, 2020 2:51 PM
I'm building the Tamiya Lotus 102b. Kit is more than 20 years old. I know all about Tamiya thick decals. But as I layed these down, there seemed to be gel-like layer (adhesive) between the decal and surface. At first I thought it was water, but squeege-ing it out with a wet swab or brush, moved it around. Some actually squeezed out along the edges of the larger decals making a snotty mess that was so hard to clean off, that I've just started on new body shells. Length of soaking times didn't affect it. I use microsol and microset which brought the edges down but some decals still had an uneven surface. I've ordered some Tabu decals and will se how that goes. Am I missing something, or do something wrong? First result like this I've ever had. I put on several coats of AlClad Aqua gloss but it didn't hide the snot.
Snotty Dave
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