Working with old decals

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I am right now going through the agonies of trying to salvage a batch of  
decals that have decided to disintegrate as soon as they hit the water.   Having 
always read that a coat of a clear lacquer would do the trick, I decided  to 
experiment with a spray of Testors GlossCote. So far, knock on wood, my  
success rate is 100% on about a dozen decals of various sizes.
 
Dave Phelps
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2006 9:22:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

MicroScale make a liquid decal film that can be brushed onto old  decals, and 
will re-solidify them. Works well. Best bet is several thin  coats with a 
fine hair brush.

Regards,
Russ  Goodwin



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>Subject: Working with old  decals

>Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:57:02 -0500

>

>A guy gave  me a good tip for working with old, old decals that might 

>disintegrate  when you try to apply them.

>

>Pin them down flat on a board and  coat them lightly with Glosscote.  This 

>will keep them from  coming apart when you work with them and will still let 

>them slip away  from the backing  paper.

>

>EdKing

>

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