Fujimi decals glued to cover sheet!?!!

hi folks. I’m working on a Fujimi 1/72 Japanese Gekko “Irving”, and the decal sheet was sealed in its own plastic bag, with a cover sheet over the surface. Good intentions…but the cover sheet was GLUED to the front of the decals! I tore it off, but it left a horrible mess of cover-sheet-fibers all over the decals! The decal sheet is ruined if I can’t find a way to wash off the fibrous mess! I’ve tried warm water, detergent water, acrylic thinner, and enamel thinner. Nothing works. In trying all this stuff, I did get one tiny decal to shed its crud, but that was just random chance.

Does anyone know something that might work to clean the fronts of these decals? I can substitute other decals I have…but it’s the principle of the thing, plus I’d like to know the magic substance if there is one. Thanks.

george

subscribing to this. i have the same problem with a matchbox lancaster.

I had someting similar happen to a set of WWI decals that was putting on a spad. To take a chance I put the decals in water and after a couple minutes I used a wet Q-tip to carefully scrub away the paper on top of the decals. Except for a small piece here and there I got the paper off. I did have one advantage, the decals were designed to fit over large sections of the aircraft so I had some room to work with.

Thanks, ikar01. I’ve got nothing to lose, so I’ll give it a try.

george choksy