Decaling and Future

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Decaling
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I sprayed my aircraft with future and Iam ready for the decaling

I have used Tamiya lite gray acrylic paint, for the primary color

Am I going to have a problem with the decaling by using future as the gloss coat?

I have the micro set solution and have read several articles on the process of applying

the decals, but after reading several articles about future I am not so sure about the

properties of the future and the acrylic paint. I have sprayed future about two days ago

so it should have had a long enough time to cure.

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Assuming you cleaned the plastic properly before applying the Tamiya paint, you should have no problem with decals. Some decal setting solutions will cloud Future, but a second application of Future after cleaning the excess solution away appears to solve the problem.

Personally, I’ve never had a problem with Future and Micro-set, or Micro-Sol. But I never leave excess solution on the model, and my Future has always been thoroughly (sometimes months!) cured.

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I can ditto Ross’ confidence in Future, and from a slightly more reckless viewpoint. [:O] I sprayed on 3 coats of Future this afternoon on a Spitfire, and decaled it this evening. [:-^]

I used PollyScale Decal Solvent to zap the decals into submission.

Now- I’m certainly not suggesting you do as I do… I probably should’ve had more patience and given the Future at least a day… I was just bored. LOL

Suffice to say- you should have a good experience if you use Future as a gloss coat before your decals. Recklessness not recommended…