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Old 11-01-2004, 11:08 AM
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Re: Re: Quick carbon fiber ?

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Originally Posted by rsxse240
NEVER!!! NEVER!!! apply decals to flat paint!!!!!!
doing so will leave air between the textured surface of the paint and the decal, thus causing it to "silver" and the decal won't adhere so it will flake off. best bet is to either clear coat the flat color, apply the decal then shoot it with flat or semigloss if you are going for a non reflective surface, or gloss respectively. and make sure to use a good decal solvent, and decal setting solution while aplying the decal and clean everything up before you put the clearcoat on.

I hope this helps you in your modelling endevors.
_Ken
half true. Yes, it's bad to use decal over flat paint, and yes it will silver. but since CF decals usually cover a full surface and they don't have the transparent part on it, there will be no visible silver.

All my CF job have been done over duplicolor black primer (which is flat)
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