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[Lash151]

Hi...
I need to make some transfers for the Waveney Class I am currently building... I have found this site... has anyone tried this paper?
http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/.Inkjet-Water-Slide-Decal-Paper_151.htm
Lee

[Stormbringer]

i got my paper for waterslide decals from them for my Sovremenny , it worked well , just remember to coat them with acrylic laquer after printing

[Stan]

If you intend to make white decals you  must  use white decal paper. I have fallen foul of this with my minesweeper printed out the white numbers but each one wil have to be cut from the carrier paper. The carrier paper when soaked in water will be white no good on a grey boat. I did buy some clear decal paper but you can not print white on to it. Have tried lots of places in Leeds to get the numbers printed on to clear paper no luck.

[Stan]

HI Lash151. p/m sent to you.
 
Stan

[tigertiger]

I have used these.
Agree with what is said, about making sure you use the right paper.
White or clear
Laser jet or inkjet.


Another word of caution. Ink is semi-transparent. So light colours on clear paper can be a bit wishy-washy. This is important if the background material is dark or strong color.




Also read the instructions carefully. For inkjet you need to print, then varnish and dry, then put in water for transfer. If you don't varnish first the ink washes off.
There is also laser paper. I think does not need varnish before transfer.


Also watch out for postage. I think I paid something like 90p per sheet postage. 3 sheets equals 3x90p.
Hopefully they have changed this policy.

[Lash151]

Hi... thanks for the replies... The postage is still high. I need to make the black numbers for the lifeboat to go over orange... they obviously need to be very black and very opaque... I have a good printer with a dedicated black cartridge... don't know if that helps?
Lee

[essex2visuvesi]

I bought mine from this chap
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/steve-birdie-edwards/m.html?item=221153469635&ViewItem=&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
Very good paper and reasonable international delivery

[malcolmfrary]

What has been said above - to get white numbers on a plain dark back ground the trick is to paint the area white, print the decal with white (or light) characters and a background to match.  This simplifies the cutting out no end, and as part of the varnishing, the edges can be overpainted.
Using a colour laser (these are a lot cheaper than they used to be) you can get vinyl sticky back decal sheets.  These work great, but need careful cutting, a 1:72 maple leaf for a corvette funnel is an absolute bitch.  It also has a very finite thickness, so will never be flush like a water slide. 

[wartsilaone]

These decals stick better on a glossy surface.  Also before applying the decals paint some 'decal fix' on the area where they will be.  Then paint a bit more over the decal.
Leave for 24 hours and varnish. EASY.


Your decals will look like this if you require white lettering on a darker background.


   

[wartsilaone]

Don't forget to set your printer to high/photo quality


Ali

[essex2visuvesi]

Don't forget to set your printer to high/photo quality


Ali

I find mine works best with the paper type set to Glossy as well... the printout is slower but seems to be much uniform colours.

[hopeitfloats]

reminds me of the hours i spent online trying to find waterslide decal paper only to find it at a local office supplies shop. never thought they would stock that sort of thing but it saved me a trip out of town to get it.

[kpnuts]

dont know if you can still get it now but i used to use brown paper parcel tape (the type you wet with a sponge to stick your parcels ) coat it on the glue side with clear laquer then paint your transfer on the laquer when you cut your transfer out and wet it you can slide it off the brown paper and onto your model laquer over it and there you are. bit old fashioned but hope it helps

[Lash151]

Thats a neat trick to know and, yes you can still get it...
http://www.kitepackaging.co.uk/scp/tapes/gummed-tapes/

[kpnuts]

I didn't know you could still get it one peice of advice don't use clear varnish it goes yellow with age I used cellulose laquer don't know if you can still get that you could try cellulose dope I know that is still avaliable but I don't know if it would make the tape curl as it shrinks

[malcolmfrary]

I didn't know you could still get it one peice of advice don't use clear varnish it goes yellow with age I used cellulose laquer don't know if you can still get that you could try cellulose dope I know that is still avaliable but I don't know if it would make the tape curl as it shrinks

I would be disinclined to use cellulose anything on top of plastic or any unknown paint. 
The suppliers of the paper will usually also stock suitable varnish, or you could have a look in an art supply shop. 
Kleer is sold as a floor polish, but it is also an excellent acrylic varnish. 
Before serious use of any non standard finish, it is always essential to try whatever is chosen somewhere non-vital so that when the unwanted interaction happens, you don't dissolve your model.  The plastic film that you spray onto the printed image might or might not be porous to water, but the edges will need sealing as the glue layer remains soluble, and will detach itself given the chance.

[Stan]

I have used Humbrol Matt/Satin and Gloss clear varnish for many years and never had any problems with them going yellow. I have had problems with Humbrol varnish sold in tins going yellow so I stopped using them years ago.
 
Stan. 

[kpnuts]

when i said coat the parcel tape with laquer then paint your transfer i meant after the laquer was dry. i dont think there would be a reaction with any paint if the laquer is dry when the transfer is applied i have used that method dozens of times on airfix,revell and amt plastic kits and i still have some of them 30 odd years on i have checked them just today and can see no ill effects other than on some of them the transfers are starting to lift now. admitedly i did not coat them with celloluse laquer after as they were never intended to go in water.