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Sticker presovation
Black_math - September 27th, 2003 at 11:13 AM

does anybody know how to keep stickers alive for longer before they fade away?


speedster356 - September 27th, 2003 at 12:30 PM

There is a product that model makers use to make water transfers stickers, I'll try and find the name. Serious sticker collectors (is there such people?) use it to preserve them.


Black_math - September 28th, 2003 at 11:24 AM

Do you mean like on the car? cause thats where i want to put them.


Black_math - September 30th, 2003 at 08:05 PM

Do you know what its called yet?


speedster356 - September 30th, 2003 at 10:43 PM

This is from a page on making decals, this is the stuff I was thinking of. I haven't tried to find it here in Aust but it must be available. Are they water transfers or vinyl stickers?

"The other thing I also use is a product from SuperScale called "SuperFilm". This is liquid decal film in a bottle. It is sold at most hobby shops, right next to the SuperScale decal solvents ("red stuff" and "blue stuff";). SuperScale markets this product as an alternative for saving old decals that are cracking and disintegrating when you wet them. By applying the SuperFilm over the old decals, it holds them together, keeping them useable. For the purposes in making my own decals, SuperFilm acts to seal the printed designs so they are less likely to crack and peel off the decal film when being wetted and applied to the model. A good clear gloss paint, like Floquil's Crystal Coat, can also be used for this purpose, but I find that SuperFilm works better."


Black_math - October 1st, 2003 at 10:22 AM

thanx heaps man:D