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Title: Eduard's new decals film removal
Post by: Berman on November 12, 2022, 08:57:28 AM

 Here is a tutorial on how to remove the clear film layer on Eduard's new style decals using mineral spirits.
  https://www.themodellingnews.com/2022/11/construction-review-pt-iii-hawker.html#more

Title: Re: Eduard's new decals film removal
Post by: WD on December 26, 2022, 12:19:16 AM

The white spirit/mineral spirits* method does seem to be the way.
However, two caveats from friends of mine that have tried this:

- this doesn't seem to work so well on small decals like stencils/maintenance markings
- it is NOT essential to do this, the decals will work fine as regular, everyday, plain-Jane decals with setting solution, etc.

Warren

* I found out the hard way that enamel paint thinner and mineral spirits were the same thing, THEY ARE NOT!!! Don't make that mistake.