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How to surface your decals

By Angela Cotey | November 20, 2009

| Last updated on December 7, 2020


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Model Railroader associate editor Cody Grivno shows how to protect your decals from being scratched.

14 thoughts on “How to surface your decals

  1. I could have used that a while ago. No matter how careful I was I had destroyed the decal on my HO scale military models. Now I can fix them. Thanks.

  2. As always a class act.
    I learn a lot from your videos.
    Thanks for tanking the time, money,
    and effort to bring great tips to us.
    Thank you.

  3. Hi Cody
    Happy New Year!
    Thanks for the tip. Will this work on any manufacturer's decals?
    Thanks again
    Bill

  4. Thanks! You don't know how well timed this tip came. I printed my own decals that just fell apart when I applied them and now I know how to apply the liquid decal film in order to try again!

  5. EXCELLENT!!!!!

    With the bulk of my stuff in storage for (way too many) years, I was worried about using some of those old decals!!!

    Now I'm not! Thanks!!!

    biL

  6. I have many ancient decals that I haven't used yet. This is grea news for me and also very timely for me. Thanks Cody.

  7. I'm going to try it with my new Kodak inkjet printing decals. the Kodak ink is waterproof when dry. Unlike other brands of ink. I can now protect them too.

  8. Thanks Cody! Worked great on my old decals from 1953 which I had tried before and they had fallen apart. Nice to know I can use some favorites I have hoarded for years that are not available now.
    Would the same technique work to save Dry Transfers that are, also, old?

  9. I print my own decals too and then coat them with Testor's decal spray, but when I apply them to cars, the whole decal stands out. I've sprayed everything with Testor's dullcote to eliminate the shine, but I can still see the outlines. Any suggestions?

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