eugenefl
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Greetings all.
So a few days ago I received some VERY slick Der Red Max decals previously ordered from Tango Papa for my 4" dia. upscale. The vinyl itself is crystal clear, but not precut.
The problem - I sat down yesterday to begin trimming out the individual decals and while I was aligning my ruler to the side of one particular decal, I noticed that I had accidentally scraped the coloring off of an adjacent decal after dragging the ruler over it. Ok, I figure maybe I pressed down too hard. So I took one of the excess decals and ran my fingernail over it to test the tolerances and to my disappointment the black coloring scraped right off. I even located a Tango Papa emblem and ran my thumb over it causing the coloring to smear. (Ok, so the thumb rub was pretty strong, but I didn't expect the coloring to do anything.) Now we're not talking excessive scraping here, but a light scrape much like what would happen if another rocket bumped into it during transport to the field.
The solution? - Any suggestions as to how I should protect these decals prior to applying them? Now the easy answer is apply them carefully then clearcoat. The problem there is that the rocket has been professionally painted and clearcoated. No Krylon clearcoat will ever match an auto clear.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
So a few days ago I received some VERY slick Der Red Max decals previously ordered from Tango Papa for my 4" dia. upscale. The vinyl itself is crystal clear, but not precut.
The problem - I sat down yesterday to begin trimming out the individual decals and while I was aligning my ruler to the side of one particular decal, I noticed that I had accidentally scraped the coloring off of an adjacent decal after dragging the ruler over it. Ok, I figure maybe I pressed down too hard. So I took one of the excess decals and ran my fingernail over it to test the tolerances and to my disappointment the black coloring scraped right off. I even located a Tango Papa emblem and ran my thumb over it causing the coloring to smear. (Ok, so the thumb rub was pretty strong, but I didn't expect the coloring to do anything.) Now we're not talking excessive scraping here, but a light scrape much like what would happen if another rocket bumped into it during transport to the field.
The solution? - Any suggestions as to how I should protect these decals prior to applying them? Now the easy answer is apply them carefully then clearcoat. The problem there is that the rocket has been professionally painted and clearcoated. No Krylon clearcoat will ever match an auto clear.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.