Aiyee! My decal is shrivelling up!

Leave it alone for about 24 hours or longer. Rick hit the nail on the head the wrinkling is the microsol doing it's thing. All wrinkles should be gone in the 24 hour period.

If you put another coat of future over the decals once they have set.(24 hours or more) that should take care of any decal edges that still may be seen.

Then weather after the future sets. Then another future coat or dull coat to seal the weathering in and all should be well.

Paul

Well, pretty much all of the wrinkles have gone away and the decal has set in very nicely to the ridges and panel lines of the wing surface, and I'm very happy. However, there are two problems I still have:

1. There are one or two slight wrinkles still remaining. It's been about 10 hours since the last brushing of micro-sol...does it need longer to dry and be evaluated, or is there something else I should do?

2. While I wouldn't say there is any "silvering" the clear portions of the decal are somewhat visible, both at the edges and inside. Any techniques to help with this?

Great. It's starting to look better already, although I might need another coat once it dries.

DON'T TOUCH IT. The shriveling always occurs to some degree with Microsol or other solvents. Leave it alone, go watch a rerun of Wings & all should be well when it cures.

Regards, Rick