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Can white decals be dyed with RIT dye?
Posted by Drew Cook
on Friday, May 14, 2010 11:29 AM
A question for those who are knowledgeable on the subject of decals --can they be dyed?
For example, can the white area of white & black-shaded naval hull number decals be dyed, say, grey? Would a common commercial dye like RIT, which is a colored dye powder dissolved in water, color the white part of the numbers, when the decal is soaked in it (without obliterating the black part)? Would the dye-colored water transfer the color to the white of the decal?
The reason I ask is that I've wondered if this could be done to WWII PT boat model's numbers. PT crews often over-painted the white areas of their shaded numbers on their boat's charthouses, starboard turrets and cockpit sides grey, green, and even red.
Other than having such decals special-made, or using complicated computer work to scan them, change the color of the white part,, then print them onto decal sheets, I don't know another way to do this.
Anyone?
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