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  • Member since
    November 2005
Cleaning decals
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 15, 2005 5:02 PM
Anyone got any tips for cleaning a sheet of Monogram decals from an early eighties stock car kit ? I bought the kit on ebay recently and it is complete but hasn't been stored well over the last 20 years or so - whilst this hasn't been a problem for the plastic parts the box and decal sheet show signs of damp/dirt/mould - I would guess it's been stored in a basement or something.

The decal sheet itself seems to be more dirty than anything else and I wondered if it might clean up prior to application with some zippo lighter fuel or something (I used to use this in a photographic business for cleaning dirt and gum off the surface of photographic prints without harm).

Any opinions/experience here much appreciated.
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    March 2004
  • From: British Columbia,Canada
Posted by bstrump on Friday, April 15, 2005 8:36 PM
Hey!Sign - Welcome [#welcome]to the Forum! I've had this happen to me as well when I put some models into storage. Having limited options at the time, I stored a whole bunch in someone's crawlspace. Based on my experience, I'd say your decals are not useable, because if there was enough moisture to grow fungus or mould, then there was enough to activate the adhesive. I think I used Windex to clean my decals sheets but it was all for nothing as they were frimly attached to the decal paper anyway. You might test an insignificant marking on the sheet and see if releases easily. Also, rub a wet finger on the decal sheet to see if the adhesive becomes tacky.
  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 16, 2005 6:51 AM
Thanks for the input. I think I'll try cleaning the sheet up anyway. I guess if I can get it clean I've always got the option of trying to duplicate the sheet instead of using the originals. Any experience here ?

I suspect they will be hard to replace otherwise. The kit is Bobby Allinson's Miller Lite Buick Regal BTW.

Thanks again.
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