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Cutting decals

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  • Member since
    March 2010
Cutting decals
Posted by stcat on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 12:46 PM

I need to cut the decals where they meet the flaps of an aircraft.  (They don't flow down into it).

I let it dry, and was going to use a new blade with a metal ruler, then slowly draw it down the gap on both sides.

Is there some trick to this procedure?  I figure the ruler will help it from tearing.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 8:55 AM

I would not use the rule.  It might end up fighting the direction the gap is trying to get it to take.   Light steady pressure should allow you to follow the gap- the rule would be unnecessary.   Did you use any decal solvent?  Sometimes that gets the decal to nestle into gaps well enough that it is then easier to cut.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Allentown, PA
Posted by BaBill212 on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 9:09 AM

Agree with Don.........

 

Best of luck with it

Enjoy the ride!

 

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