Top coating new decals

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Dave:
 
It's pretty much mandatory to put a top coat over decals to hide the shine  
of the film and make it blend in to the paint coat.  It also protects the  
decals from the inevitable moderate handling.  If I want a dull finish,  which is 
generally the case except on passenger equipment, I'll use the flat as  both 
the dull finish and the top coat for the decals.  I've had good  results both 
with DullCote and with Floquil "flat finish".  For passenger  equipment I use 
Floquil "glaze."  
 
In my experience you don't need both a decal top coat and a final flat or  
glaze coat, the final coat does both.
 
Dave Phelps
 
In a message dated 2/2/2006 10:21:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

Painters,
After you apply decals to your model, what do you top coat  with?
Do you use a sealer? If so, what?
Do you then apply a dull finish  product? If so, what?

Dave Willis.
N&W Steam lives on in  Indiana.  


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