Re: [CR] Preserving Original Decals

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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 19:38:47 -0400
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From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Preserving Original Decals


At 11:23 AM 03/09/2009 -0700, R.S. Broderick wrote:
>Back before the "new" owners and their current Seattle based incarnation
>(...when they were still in Montana before the forest fire destroyed
>everything, or even before that time when they were actually located in
>Branford, CT), Branford Bike used to sell a product under the Le Tour brand
>label called something along the lines of "decal glaze" or "decal fix"
>(...sorry, but my last bottle of this concoction is still MIA following our
>move - packed away in one of the many as of yet unopened boxes).

The decal set I received from Nick at LLoyd's has an instruction sheet for the waterslide decals that says to use a British product called Humbrol Decal Fix, supposedly available on eBay. It's used to protect decals on scale models. I believe there are similar products available Stateside from hobby suppliers. Google "decal fixative". However, I believe these products are intended for use in the initial application of decals, not years later.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada