Make Your Own Dry-Transfer Decals

Interesting...

Yes VERY Interesting!

Might put my ALPS out to pasture (eBay)

Keith

There was an article on this subject in a recent edition of Model Rail. Apparently they are very good when first applied but become fuzzy when sprayed with varnish.

(kim)

What was meant by "fuzzy"? Did it refer to a bizarre surface texture, caused by a reaction to the varnish? Or was it that the finished transfer became slightly "blurry"? I think, that in either case, a "weaker" clear coat (such as a sealing coat of Future) would be more than adequate to protect the transfer.

I'm curious too. Varnish is pretty benign and if varnish causes it to bleed it would probably go nuts with lacquer.

I do inkjet decals occasionally and they *sometimes* seem to bleed over time. Takes a few months to be noticeable. Not necessarily due to any particular coating (I've tried them with/without) but the nature of inkjet decal stock is that it is slightly absorbent as opposed to regular decal stock.

Judging by the description on the mfrs website it doesn't seem like that (in particular) would apply here and I don't think that varnish would play any role in dissolving the ink - if that indeed is what has been reported.

-Bill

According to the article it was the latter.

(kim)

Anyone here actually made & then used them on any of their Armor or Aircraft models. If so could they say how good that they hold up and if it's very hard to make them. What's involved in making the Art Work and putting them in place.

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I guess as long as you put them on last and don't coat them with anything the finish would be whatever the finish of the transfer itself is. IIRC with the dry transfers I have worked with they had kind of a semi flat sheen to them but they were a pain in the butt to work with.

cyberborg 4000 wrote:

Is English your second language?

Why have you missed the *bean* out?

You should have wrote:-

I ran across this, but do not remember if it has *bean* discussed by this group:

Perhaps he wanted to chew on it a bit before posting his bean?

If he hadn't *been* in a hurry he might have been aware that there had

*been* a spelling error in writing bean...