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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, December 6, 2004 11:57 AM
Solvaset is more aggressive than Micrsol, but be careful using it on Aeromaster decals. Test first, don't be sorry later. A little trick I use is to just run my forefinger fingernail lightly over the decal using the panel line as a guide. Be gentle as you want to stretch the decal a bit & force it into the panel line, but too much pressure could tear it.

Regards, Rick
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    January 2004
  • From: USA
Posted by MusicCity on Monday, December 6, 2004 11:10 AM
If you cut through the decal whatever color is underneath is going to show through. I have done that in "Emergencies" before when I absolutely positively could not get a decal to conform to the surface, and then gone back and painted over the gap with the appropriate colors.

I'd try a couple of more coats of MicroSol and really wet it down good. If that doesn't work, I have heard that Solvaset is stronger than MicroSol and that might help. I think it was Solvaset, but I'm not certain. I know there is one that is stronger than MicroSol.
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  • From: Ireland
Decals and panel lines
Posted by Spurdog on Monday, December 6, 2004 8:42 AM
Try as I might, I can't seem to get my Aeomaster decals to conform to my Dinah's panel lines. I've tried three coats of Micro Sol. Should I try scribing through the decal with a scalpel blade along the panel lines? Sad [:(]
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