11bee Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 First time using decals from Avioelogy. Great decals but they have one issue. They stick to the model immediately. Makes it very difficult to nudge the decal into it's final position. Any tips on this would be greatly appreciated. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Wet your finger with saliva and dab some on the area. Sounds gross, but it does work. Or use lots of water. Or put a very small drop of dish soap into the water that you put on the area. When faced with decals like this, I never put any decal setting solutions under the decals as you normally might do. I use just water. Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 54 minutes ago, Bob Beary said: Wet your finger with saliva and dab some on the area. Sounds gross, but it does work. Or use lots of water. Or put a very small drop of dish soap into the water that you put on the area. When faced with decals like this, I never put any decal setting solutions under the decals as you normally might do. I use just water. Bob Thanks Bob.. I've been using Micro Set prior to laying the decal down. That might be part of the issue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeus60 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) I've had this issue with Lifelike decals. I'll have to remember to not use Microset next time. Thanks for the tip. Stacey Edited October 20, 2020 by zeus60 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riffraff Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I have had the same issue with Wolfpak decals. Just a bit of extra water solved the problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pookie Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Plain water has high surface tension and does not like to get under the decals. I put one drop of Dawn liquid soap on a cup of water and it makes the water slide under any decal. It is also very good for thinning water based paints. The soap makes a huge difference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Da SWO Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I was having the same issue and the drop of soap worked. Should I apply microsol once the water dries, or just clear coat it? How long should I let the decals dry? (just learned an hour isn't long enough) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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