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04-07-2009, 11:59 AM | #16 | |
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Re: DIY Decal Paper - Seen one, see 'em all?
It probably depends on the quality of your printer. I have an Epson 1400 Photo Stylus printer and it works great. No bleeding. Laser printer isn't as expensive as it was before, you can get a color laser printer for $200 these days, but the quality probably won't be as great. My printer cost me over $400, but I didn't buy it for modeling =D.
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Re: DIY Decal Paper - Seen one, see 'em all?
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That's why the inkjet decal manufacturers recommend an acrylic spray like Krylon Crystal Clear. Ddms |
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Instead of spray clear, 'liquid decal film' works very well to seal printed ink to inkjet film. (It can also be found on Amazon, etc.) It is used to keep old, brittle decals from shattering when you dip them in water. It has to be brushed on (and that can leave brushmarks), but the brushmarks disappear with clearcoat after the decals have been applied. It provides a more durable and more flexible protection for printed images than spray clear does.
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Re: DIY Decal Paper - Seen one, see 'em all?
A clear decal is useful if the car is not white and there are "holes" in the design, e.g., numbers and letters like 4, 8, A, B, and D. Or if the decal design has a complicated border - imagine trying to trim a Firebird Screaming Chicken decal. (I have made some up if anybody's interested.)
An easy solution is to paint the car white and use white decal paper. But if you use white decal paper on a non-white car, holes and borders will come out white unless you match the body color and use it to color those areas. Color matching is pretty tricky, but it can be done with Photoshop, trial and error and a lot of decal paper. An easier method is to use clear decal film. Quote:
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Didymus, this Microscale clear trim film is for self made decals and i read that here : http://www.us-trains.com/index.php?i...6099900101.php
also here you find how to use Microscale Liquid film. Everything is writen in german but i suppose you have some possebility to translate al this page in english. Regards,
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