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  • Member since
    November 2005
Peeling Decals
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:27 PM

I completed a 1/700 USS Eisonhower about 3 months ago, and a week ago I take it down from my shelf and the decals that were perfect have pealed. Why, and how do I stop this?

Gratefull for any help, Will

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Baton Rouge, LA
Posted by T_Terrific on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:21 AM

Did you "clear coat" them with either a Testors acrylic or a Future mix?

If not, depending on the decals, it may not be too late to save them.

I have clear coated after I had some start to peel, and it worked for them.

First you carefully brush them back down with a soft bristle paint brush and warm water.

If they are of fairly good thickness, you might then also try "snuggling" them down next with a decal softening solution you can get at your local hobby store. This will ensure  a better  adhesion to the model's surface.

Then after they are re-dried, and before they peel again, clear coat them with the finish of your choice.

If one starts to curl while clear coating, carefully working the edge back down with a soft brush before the clear coat fully dries.

Good luck

  Tom Cowboy [C):-)]

Tom TCowboy

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  • Member since
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 5:43 PM
And you can just buy these at your local hobby store?
  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Baton Rouge, LA
Posted by T_Terrific on Thursday, April 20, 2006 12:39 PM

Yup.

Both the Solvaset as well as the Testors acrylic clear coat products.

  Tom T Cowboy [C):-)]

Tom TCowboy

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”-Henry Ford

"Except in the fundamentals, think and let think"- J. Wesley

"I am impatient with stupidity, my people have learned to live without it"-Klaatu: "The Day the Earth Stood Still"

"All my men believe in God, they are ordered to"-Adolph Hitler

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