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                        Decals Won't Stick

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                        Mikecat1
                        • Member since
                          December 2006
                        Decals Won't Stick
                        Posted by Mikecat1 on Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:45 AM
                        I am building an older AMT Babylon 5 Star Fury and I find that the decals won't stick to the model after they leave the paper backing. Once they dry, they simply curl up and fall off. I have tried decal set, but that doesn't seem to help.  Are there any other techniques or products I could use to make the decals stick down properly?
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                        Bgrigg
                        • Member since
                          May 2005
                        • From: Left forever
                        Posted by Bgrigg on Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:07 AM

                        Try using Future Floor Finish. Dab the area where you want the decal, and while still wet apply the decal. That should get it to stick. Then another coat of Future on top.

                        What could be a more appropriate product to use on spaceships than Future?!? Smile [:)]

                        So long folks!

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                        IanIsBored2000
                        • Member since
                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:17 PM
                         Bgrigg wrote:

                         

                        What could be a more appropriate product to use on spaceships than Future?!? Smile [:)]

                        Thats the worst joke Ive heard in a while! Laugh [(-D]just kidding man, made me laugh.  Anyways, not much else to add, only that when youre done the whole thing, you may want to spray on some Clear Flat Finish, since Future can be kinda shiny.

                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        Borg R3-MC0
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Utereg
                        Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Friday, January 19, 2007 4:19 AM
                        Another way of getting decals to stick is using thinned white glue.

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                        mfsob
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        • From: West Virginia, USA
                        Posted by mfsob on Friday, January 19, 2007 9:30 AM

                        *smacks bgrigg* Thanks for making my morning coffee spurt out my nose ...

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