Any Recipes For Home Brew Decal Setting Solutions

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I was wondering if anyone knows fo any “home brew” recipes for acetic acid decal setting solutions (ex. Micro set). I am pretty sure that the active ingredient in the solution is just acetic acid (vinegar). Has anybody tried usings vinegar or any combination of vinegar and something else as a decal setting solution?

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Vinegar is all it really is. I used it and works great does the same thing.

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[#ditto]

and for a buck it will give you an almost life time supply

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Thanks. I will have to try using vinegar.

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Future also works nice as a setting solution.

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“Vinegar” is a great suggestion…but it dosn’t tell me how to use it. So, my question is, how do I use vinegar to help my decals settle? Will it help the declas adhere to complex corved surfaces? And will it help fight silvering?

Thanks,

Joshua

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I started using Future two models ago and I will never use anything else ever again…

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anyone with any advice on how to use vinegar?

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First of all, you add a little vinigar to the water that yoy use to soak the decals.
secondly you dab some vinigar on the model where you are going to place the decal.
thirdly, you dab vinigar on the decal after you have placed it, let it soften for a minute (or 2), the press with a damp cloth.

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well i have a question. does the vinegar restores an old decal? the decal is about 10 years. does the vinegar helps or it destroys it??

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Thanks RemcoGrob! I tried your vinegar suggestion on my Hellcat, which had gone through 2 decal sets alredy (they looked really bad). I put on a third set with vinegar, and there is no silvering at all! Thanks man.

Joshua

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Any description what kind of specific vinegar did you talk about? Is it like pine apple vinegar or something else? I saw many kinds of vinegar sold in the market. Thank’s.

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I don’t know what it’s called in English but I use ordinary clear vinegar (looks like water bur smells like vinegar)

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Vinegar would probably destroy it (presuming that it is an already placed decal). The vinigar softens the decals (because of the acidity), it might be that the old decal can’t take the acidity.

However, Future might do the trick

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Thank’s Remco. I just try another tricks besides future. Sometimes model decals like from academy too thick and I can’t smooth it with future to accent panel lines etc. I hope vinegar will solve my problem this time. I could not found such microsol/set in my city, so alternative like vinegar will be my choice.