How to Apply an OLD Decal

[Jim Hoffman]

I have a set of very old Duro Decals that I wish to use.
I gave soaked a sample in warm water for over an hour and it still won't release from the backing paper.
Any suggestions?

     I usually make my own decals, but printers don’t print a gold color or anything close.

    I have also searched custom decal makers online and cannot find anyone who can print a gold color. 

[Dick Byron]

Add some Dove soap. It is a surfactant and waill soak thru best.

[Mark Gerber]

Jim,

Given the size of the letters, I suggest you paint them.  Paint a broad gold background then apply a frisket mask of the letters.  Spray the color, remove the frisket, then outline the letters using a large-size Rapidograph pen, Rapidograph black ink and a straightedge raised off the surface with cork backing or layers of masking tape, so the ink doesn't wick under it.  You may need to use a little drafting powder just as when you apply ink lines.  If you goof, Rapidograph ink is easy to remove with alcohol.  Overspray with a clear coat to fix the ink into the finish. That's how I painted the AMA and my number on my T-Bird wing.

Mark Gerber

[Scott Richlen]

The problem with some "gold" dopes is that they turn green after a few years of exposure to the sun.  Why not try gold leaf and then follow Mark's inking directions?

[Scott Richlen]

Yeah, my Goldfish is getting sorta darker and a bit splotchy.  It used to be bright and shiny gold.

[Air Ministry .]

The plastic kit ' water slide TRANSFERS ' are often thin & brittle , so theres a range of thingo's to help . Aincent kits ( & transfers ) could be antique .



One is pre applied to de brittalise the thing , another goes onto the surface to get it glued , smothed down from center - over the rivets & panel lines , then ' top coat ' -
First coats thin & dry , so it dosnt melt .

http://www.microscale.com/

Theres ten million of the things , here . : http://controlline.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1669&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=transfers&&start=240