Umi decals & non-conforming

[Technoman]

I have a set of these decals:

http://www.mediamixhobby.com.sg/cata...oducts_id=1659

I am applying them currently to my Hasegawa EVO IV but am having some trouble with them snuggling down correctly in the panel lines. Has anybody had experience with these and what technique or products will work best?

TIA

AJ

[RallyRaider]

Good old Microsol should be all you need with these. Best to test on a spare decal first. Hot water/towels may even do the trick. I think this sheet was from the old days before S27 started using Cartograf to print their decals. UMI is just the designer of the graphics.

[SoCalMark]

Yeah some microsol or microset should do the trick. Test first.
Mark

[Technoman]

I figured the problem. For some reason the red on these decals takes absolutely forever to react with Microsol. All the other colors I have tried start to 'melt' after a minute or two but the red takes about 20 minutes.

Weird...

[Scale-Master]

All the other colors I have tried start to 'melt' after a minute or two but the red takes about 20 minutes.

Weird...


Not really all that weird, the white areas have the least amount of ink and therefore the decal is thinner and will react quicker than where there are other colors. Certain colors are inherently thicker, and in some cases, multiple colors are printed on top of each other for various reasons, these areas will take longer to soften to the same level as the white for example... See? Simple... - Mark

[Technoman]

Thanks Mark, that makes sense. Now I look, the difference in thickness is actually perceptible once the decal is on the car.
The good news is that these are now snuggling down very nicely with Micro Sol if left long enough. At this rate though, it may take a while!!