ANDY & PIETER: Pieter is right. I started decal-making on a color laser. Not a good idea. Ink jet is the only way to go. Laser printing lays down a closely-knit set of granules that tend to disintegrate when cut for application. I make all of my decals on a HP ink jet. I coat the sheets with at least two layers of Krylon clear prior to cutting them out. Works great. Gerry Evans In St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- From: Pieter Roos To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 5:59 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Printing Your Own Decals Hi Andy; I would give them a light overcoat of clear. It's less important with laser than ink jet, but you still would not want to scratch or run off the toner while applying them! Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2013, at 9:10 PM, "cnr3304" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > This may have been discussed before however... > > After a multitude of attempts, I have managed to scale up some HO decals to S scale for a car that I want to model. I printed the lettering out on some decal paper using a colour laser printer. Should I overspray the lettering with something before I use the decals? > > I will wait for your repsonses before I try using these. > > Thanks for all your help. > > > Andy Malette > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
