Cheap decals

[alangarber]

OK I mentioned this to someone looking for stripes. I only tried this doing my last builds and it worked great for me. This is only a cheap way of doing stripes but if your an artist there are no ends to it. I thought people did this that is why I never mentioned it before this. All you need is a sheet of waterslide decal paper. I just used a spraybomb to paint the paper the color (s) I needed. Let it dry good cut and soak it water and apply. Simple for those small or larger stripes. I hope this will help. All the stripes were done this way on both of these builds.

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[English Jules]

no idea what a spray bomb

[alangarber]

Spray Paint

[Jon Haigwood]

good tip .thanks

[DrGlueblob]

-Spraybomb, bugbomb, rattle can, etc..

[English Jules]

ah thanks never ever heard that term before, i know rattle can but thats it.

[rctruk]

Thank you Alan

[Tesla]

Great tip Alan...thanks!

[Jantrix]

Hmm..................I wouldn't have thought that paint would be flexible enough.

[Tom Geiger]

Hmm..................I wouldn't have thought that paint would be flexible enough.

You need a straight edge and a very sharp exacto. I've had painted decals chip before. But once you painted a sheet, the strips are so cheap that you can afford to mess up a few.

[Brett Barrow]

Tip: do not cut the decals and then spray them, the paint will seal the decal to the backing paper. Ask me how I know....

Scuff the shine off the decal sheet first, that helps with adhesion.

[935k3]

Tip: do not cut the decals and then spray them, the paint will seal the decal to the backing paper. Ask me how I know....

Scuff the shine off the decal sheet first, that helps with adhesion.

Absolutely correct, I also learned this the hard way.

[alangarber]

Absolutely correct, I also learned this the hard way.

They will curl up too. i find spraying even 1/3 of a sheet is ok. Then I just turn it over and mark the shape with a pencil, cut it out and put some water on a flat surface lay it on top and hold it flat for a while . After applied press it out then when dry seal it.