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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004Paint Color Bleeding Through Decals ???
Hello All, A short time ago I bulit a plastic ambulance which was painted testors competion orange. Well.....on the side of the ambulance the fairly bright orange paint color bled (Bleeding) through the decals which were a combination of white and blue. How can I prevent paint color from bleeding through decals ?? Thanks for any help you can provide. Mangry > Hello All, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > of white and blue. How can I prevent paint color from bleeding through decals > ?? Thanks for any help you can provide. yep. me too. have not built my blue angels kits because of the yellow decals over dark blue. Craig Paint a light color where the decal goes or get extra decals & lay them on top of each other in multiple layers. >How can I prevent paint color from bleeding through decals>> >yep. me too. have not built my blue angels kits because of the yellow decal over dark blue..Craig>> 1. It's a PITA, but mask and paint white or light gray under the area where the decals will be. 2. Mask and paint appropriate color over the decals once they're applied (another PITA) 3. Aftermarket decals. In the case of the Blue Angels, the original kit decals are somewhat translucent, and I know there are aftermarket sets available that are completely opaque (Superscale I think?) When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. --Leonardo Da Vinci If it's something easily masked (say, a square or rectangle of white,) paint it white and mask it off so you have a white underside. Otherwise, as someone else said, layer the decals. > Hello All, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Mangry Let paint dry, spray Future wax on area to be decaled, let dry/cure, the paint won't bleed through the wax. apply decals and let them cure, clean any residue and finally seal the model with flat or gloss (again Future) depending on the finish you want.  SignatureBe well. }&>) Kitt "Waste is a terrible thing to mind" AJMB To reply direct, please delete period from address. Hello All, A short time ago I bulit a plastic ambulance which was painted testors competion orange. Well.....on the side of the ambulance the fairly bright orange paint color bled (Bleeding) through the decals which were a combination of white and blue. How can I prevent paint color from bleeding through decals ?? Thanks for any help you can provide. Mangry How does a clear coat of Future stop a dark color from bleeding thru a light colored decal? > How does a clear coat of Future stop a dark color from bleeding thru a > light colored decal? If the color was actually leaching through it probably would. If it's a case of translucent decals it won't. Bill Banaszak, MFE |
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