Any Recipes For Home Brew Decal Setting Solutions

mshaneyfelt

Member since
June 2003
From: Montana

Any Recipes For Home Brew Decal Setting Solutions

Posted by mshaneyfelt on Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:50 PM

I was wondering if anyone knows fo any "home brew" recipes for acetic acid decal setting solutions (ex. Micro set). I am pretty sure that the active ingredient in the solution is just acetic acid (vinegar). Has anybody tried usings vinegar or any combination of vinegar and something else as a decal setting solution?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 12, 2005 8:11 PM

Vinegar is all it really is. I used it and works great does the same thing.

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DURR

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July 2013

Posted by DURR on Monday, September 12, 2005 9:30 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by kernop

Vinegar is all it really is. I used it and works great does the same thing.

and for a buck it will give you an almost life time supply

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mshaneyfelt

Member since
June 2003
From: Montana

Posted by mshaneyfelt on Monday, September 12, 2005 10:40 PM

Thanks. I will have to try using vinegar.

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Borg R3-MC0

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September 2004
From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:11 AM

Future also works nice as a setting solution.

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Jabbe

Member since
February 2005
From: Raleigh (NCSU)

Posted by Jabbe on Friday, September 16, 2005 9:48 PM

"Vinegar" is a great suggestion...but it dosn't tell me how to use it. So, my question is, how do I use vinegar to help my decals settle? Will it help the declas adhere to complex corved surfaces? And will it help fight silvering?

Thanks,

Joshua

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Glamdring

Member since
February 2005
From: Nashotah, WI

Posted by Glamdring on Friday, September 16, 2005 10:32 PM

I started using Future two models ago and I will never use anything else ever again....

Robert

"I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by"

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Jabbe

Member since
February 2005
From: Raleigh (NCSU)

Posted by Jabbe on Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:00 PM

anyone with any advice on how to use vinegar?

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Borg R3-MC0

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September 2004
From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:15 AM

First of all, you add a little vinigar to the water that yoy use to soak the decals.
secondly you dab some vinigar on the model where you are going to place the decal.
thirdly, you dab vinigar on the decal after you have placed it, let it soften for a minute (or 2), the press with a damp cloth.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 30, 2005 11:48 AM

well i have a question. does the vinegar restores an old decal? the decal is about 10 years. does the vinegar helps or it destroys it??

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Jabbe

Member since
February 2005
From: Raleigh (NCSU)

Posted by Jabbe on Saturday, October 1, 2005 2:16 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by RemcoGrob

First of all, you add a little vinigar to the water that yoy use to soak the decals.
secondly you dab some vinigar on the model where you are going to place the decal.
thirdly, you dab vinigar on the decal after you have placed it, let it soften for a minute (or 2), the press with a damp cloth.

Thanks RemcoGrob! I tried your vinegar suggestion on my Hellcat, which had gone through 2 decal sets alredy (they looked really bad). I put on a third set with vinegar, and there is no silvering at all! Thanks man.

Joshua

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 18, 2005 10:57 PM

Any description what kind of specific vinegar did you talk about? Is it like pine apple vinegar or something else? I saw many kinds of vinegar sold in the market. Thank's.

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Borg R3-MC0

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September 2004
From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:31 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by beSeen

Any description what kind of specific vinegar did you talk about? Is it like pine apple vinegar or something else? I saw many kinds of vinegar sold in the market. Thank's.

I don't know what it's called in English but I use ordinary clear vinegar (looks like water bur smells like vinegar)

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Borg R3-MC0

Member since
September 2004
From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:37 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jenloong2000

well i have a question. does the vinegar restores an old decal? the decal is about 10 years. does the vinegar helps or it destroys it??

Vinegar would probably destroy it (presuming that it is an already placed decal). The vinigar softens the decals (because of the acidity), it might be that the old decal can't take the acidity.

However, Future might do the trick

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:27 AM

Thank's Remco. I just try another tricks besides future. Sometimes model decals like from academy too thick and I can't smooth it with future to accent panel lines etc. I hope vinegar will solve my problem this time. I could not found such microsol/set in my city, so alternative like vinegar will be my choice.

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