Need help with Badger
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This may be off this forum subject but I really need some help and maybe someone out there has used this product before. I had purchased a small bottle of the Badger "Model Flex Liquid Decal Film" from Tower Hobbies in order to preserve and protect some old decals that I have on some of my airplanes. I followed the instructions to: " apply a generous coat of Modelflex Liquid Decal Film to old decals with an artist brush and allow to dry for 15 minutes". This is all that the directions say on how to use this product.
I have done this to the airplane's old decals but when this stuff drys, there is a milky white film all over the decals! What am I doing wrong and is there another solution that I need to prevent this milky white film on the decals?
Frank
I have done this to the airplane's old decals but when this stuff drys, there is a milky white film all over the decals! What am I doing wrong and is there another solution that I need to prevent this milky white film on the decals?
Frank
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there is a milky white film all over the decals! What am I doing wrong and is there another solution that I need to prevent this milky white film on the decals?
there is a milky white film all over the decals! What am I doing wrong and is there another solution that I need to prevent this milky white film on the decals?
This may be the same as "blush" when using dope. Try adding retarder to your Badger "Model Flex Liquid Decal Film", or shoot a clear coat of dope over decals on a none humid day. When shooting dope here in NJ I get blush, I just add retarder to the last coat and all the blush goes away. Brodak sells it:
http://www.brodak.com/shop_productde...ProductID=6806
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Rich,
This retarder slows the drying time of the liquid decal film coating and prevent that milky coating? Is that how it works?
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This retarder slows the drying time of the liquid decal film coating and prevent that milky coating? Is that how it works?
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Yes, it's my understanding the "milk" is trapped water. If you wait until the winter when the humidity drops you might not have the problem anymore until spring.
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If I apply the retarder to the dried Milk film on the decals now, will it help or is this too late and should have been mixed in earlier?