I have found when using British dry print transfers that have dried out methylated spirit helps them to adhere to any matt or gloss surface. Paul

Looking good Tim, nicely done. Fenton

In my experience, CDS dry transfers seem to have problems with applications over gloss (Such as Accu-Paint). Dull coat makes it workable. I agree that a slight warming helps the transfer material

Ok if you say so. I can't think of a single reason not to apply them over gloss. Tim O' -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

well done! -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Obviously must depend on storage conditions. I've used transfers 25+ years old with very few problems. But one thing I always do is to transfer the SMALL stuff to decal paper first, and

Tim, Peter is using dry transfers, not decals 😉 In my experience, dry transfers work equally well over both gloss or flat. Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Stephen That’s looking really good. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

After potting around with this for a few weeks, I finally got a good result. I tried several ways of pressing aluminum foil on the outside of the door, but nothing would get the detail to show

A word of warning. One of the reasons that Accurail makes no recommendation for a product to selectively remove lettering is over the past thirty years we have used paint from at least a dozen

Dry transfers eventually go bad. They are sticky ink printed on wax paper; pressing them against another surface causes the ink to stick to the surface better than it sticks to the wax, and it

Peter decals should be applied prior to Dullcote over Dullcote your best bets     (1) fine artist's pencils (e.g. PrismaColor)     (2) Gelly Roll fine & medium WHITE ink pens Tim -- *Tim

I am looking for guidance because I'd much rather use dry transfer chalk marks than decals. Though my car sides have a fresh flat Dullcote finish I cannot get my Clover House chalk marks to stick to??

There are several custom decal people out there (it is sort of a cottage industry, yes). The person I use is Bill Brillinger at http://pdc.ca -- Jeff Shultz http://www.shultzinfosystems.com A

Sounds like a possible cottage industry printing white decals – provide the artwork file and the entrepreneur prints and returns the decals for a reasonable fee. This looks like a great way to print

I also read up on the various white toners. What I read was a dedicated machine. However when I saw the price I quickly dropped the subject!:-D -- Jon MillerFor me time

Super Clean is a mild alkali with less than 5% by volume sodium hydroxide. It’s has a low vapor pressure so it’s not highly volatile like organic solvents, e.g. acetone, lacquer thinner, etc., and

I have to give credit where it’s due. Jerry Hamsmith told me about Super Clean. He uses it to strip paint from Accurail hoppers as the first step in kitbashing them into CB&Q HK-10s. I’ve tried it

Friends, A safety data sheet on Super Clean Degreaser can be found athttps://www.superclean.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-SuperClean-Degreaser-SDS-v2.0.pdf . The product is

Is it acceptable to offer for sale steam era HO scale passenger car kits? If not here, please advise as to where. Hugh T Guillaume