Airbrushing decal film ?

holt · Post by **holt** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:20 pm

Ha guys I just got a bottle of microscale liquid decal film and I would like to know if this can be airbrushed and if so how and what do I thin it with. Thanks

Joseph Osborn · Post by **Joseph Osborn** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:00 pm

Y'now, I was fooling around with this just the other night. I tried a little isopropyl alcohol and it seemed to thin it alright for spraying. I was trying to get the thinnest possible sealant over some inkjet decals. I ended up just decanting some Krylon acrylic lacquer into my airbrush cup and using that instead because I knew for sure it would work.

ajmadison · Post by **ajmadison** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:57 am

Future, airbrushed & handbrushed, has been reported to also be an effective decal sealant.

Romulan Spy · Post by **Romulan Spy** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:40 pm

When you thinned the Microscale film, did you use the 70% or the 90% alcohol? So far I've only hand-brushed the stuff on small decals, but I may need to do a whole sheet soon.

Joseph Osborn · Post by **Joseph Osborn** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:52 pm

Romulan Spy wrote:When you thinned the Microscale film, did you use the 70% or the 90% alcohol? So far I've only hand-brushed the stuff on small decals, but I may need to do a whole sheet soon.

Cheap stuff; 70%. I routinely coat 8.2x11 Alps-printed sheets by hand using a 1/2" brush and when the Liquid Decal Film dries you can't tell it was ever brushed on there. IMHO, there's really no need to spray it. I was only trying to spray it in this instance because it was inkjet decals and brushing would not have been a very keen idea. Future works for coating decals, too, but I've have Future-coated decals crack up on me in the past; seems like the longer you let it dry the more brittle it gets.