The truth about decal silvering part 2 follow up.

[@CharlieO_]

Great follow on! This test (now test SERIES) is a wonderful departure point for whats next. Because you tried to be so inclusive, there are many avenues that someone could focus in on - chemical makeup of the solvent, paint or varnishes, light exposure after finish, exposure to dust, physical handling (especially for mini painters!)... I plan on looking into where the decals I have come from and how I'm going to apply them more carefully. My little library of zip-locked treasures definitely comes from a variety of sources. I use the MiniPaints app to track my paint inventory and some project progression and paint formula (which I'm bad at 😢). What would be great would be an app that lets me take a pic of my decal sheet, then scratch off the ones I used - maybe with notes that would help me remember things about the decals themselves and the processes I used / results I got. Heck, even a note on the date of apllication would help me ID problems down the line in terms of age and degradation. Certainly I coukd do this with a vector image program, but an app would be more convenient. 😉

[@joshuamurphy4928]

Thanks again for your time that you put into this. Lots of good information.

[@simonmowatt]

I think when it comes to positioning a decal on a surface, it is always easier and safer for the decal to do so on a gloss surface.

[@CFster]

Wait so you were rubbing those Eduard decal films off through a varnish coat??

[@WasatchModeler]

Trying to. Learned a valuable lesson that it is not a good thing to do....