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02-06-2007, 01:27 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Floribama
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|  Graphics question
I have a 1.5" square paper graphic I want to apply to the hood of a lexan body. I want to adhere it to the inside before painting;any ideas?
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02-06-2007, 02:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Home of the ORIGINAL Terminator chassis
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Use XXX Main glue. You can find it from their website or at Tower Hobbies.
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02-06-2007, 03:49 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fremont/Newark, California
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02-06-2007, 05:08 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Winston Salem
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you can also use Parma's clear they have instructions on how to apply magazine photos on some of there paint brochures. Or spray it with artists tack,. put it in place, then paint over it.
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02-08-2007, 06:12 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Floribama
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Thanks for the great tips  |
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02-08-2007, 07:21 PM
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I've seen that stuff before at my LHS. Does it really work? I'd like to try it,but have a hard time understanding how it makes the paper,coated with glue on one side and paint on the other,turn flexible so it doesn't rip when the lexan flexes.
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02-08-2007, 09:23 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Winston Salem
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The way I understand them saying it works is that the clear is used on the image side to make it sticky to position it on the body. Then when the paint is sprayed over it it fills in all the voids and makes it where the paint would have to peel off in order for the graphic to become seperated. I have use clearcoat on 1:1 stuff to seal in different effects with gold leaf and mylar to keep the plastics and leafs from being able to raise. They hold up good against the weather. I would think that doing it with the clear like they say would be fine since the paint is designed to be applied to various materials and is flexable enough not to crack on a flexxed lexan body.
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02-08-2007, 10:29 PM
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Sounds good anyway  Thanks I may try some on the next body. |
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02-09-2007, 10:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: ft. collins
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I have been using the XXX Main glue, and have learned by trial and error. The first thing I do is to clear coat the backside of the graphic. This will prevent the paint from soaking through the paper and messing up the graphic. After this dries, I coat the graphic side and position it inside the body. Keep a lightly damp cloth handy to wipe any excess glue that squishes out. Maybe practice on a scrap piece of lexan first.
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02-09-2007, 05:35 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Floribama
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I combined several tips: artist's tack on the front ,a light coat of base color on the back.Let me start over.I usesd a scrap off the fender well,tacked the back of the test graphic with body color to check for bleed-thru(made it pop  ).Let that coat flash until it was flexible but not sticky(1 cig and 3/4 beer ).Next, I outlined with tack,and worked to the center in spider-web fasion to give the "skull&ironcross" an aged look .Thanx again fellows.Now I must buy a star (MFM won today) so all can Flame when I post the pics |
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02-12-2007, 01:59 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: waddington
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|  using cut out pix , for inside lexan bodies,
when you apply pix to the inside of your lexan bodies, make sure to outline it with a dark color , that makes it blend in and takes away from outlines that make it look so bold, ,..it makes your pic that you use , look more like it was a factory done job,...just sayin my opinion |
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