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Decals and gloss enamel paint problem

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Reno, NV
Decals and gloss enamel paint problem
Posted by espins1 on Sunday, May 7, 2006 9:48 PM
Banged Head [banghead]  Oh man, ran into a serious snag.  I tried to apply the spiral decal on the spinner of my Tamiya FW190A8 for the Battle for Germany Group Build.  I'm not sure what happened but as soon as the decal touched the spinner it bonded permanently to it.  Shock [:O]  Naturally, it wasn't properly aligned and I could not move it to save my life... I tried everthing, water, Microset etc, even turpentine with the hopes of stripping it off the spinner and then maybe masking and painting it instead.  No matter what I did, it just would not move. Sad [:(]  I couldn't even scrape it off with my fingernail. Angry [:(!]

Has anyone every encountered a problem like that?  I'm at a loss as to what went wrong.  I normally use Tamiya Acrylics, but decided to use a can of gloss black Testors enamel I had in a spray can to save time.  I let it cure for almost 2 days.  Anyone have any ideas on why the decal immediately and permanently bonded itself?


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  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Sunday, May 7, 2006 11:35 PM
It is possible that the enamel was still outgasing small amounts of solvent, and that dissolved the carrier film on contact. Enamels may outgas small amounts of solvent for a considerable time after they are cured—that "fresh paint smell."

It is also possible that the paint contained a gloss enhancer that reacted with the carrier film on contact, but I think that less likely.

That's all I can think of at the moment…

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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