I've been a bit too entheusiastic with the MicroSol, knackered some Tamiya Decals on the 1/48th Jimmy Tanker.

All vehicles were glossed with Humbrol Clear & the other Tamiya decals on the same 1/48th Tamiya Jimmy Truck were fine, as were the Airfix Cartograf decals done at the same time.

Is the paintwork salvageable? or could I regloss & give it another go?
Tia

Jon,
I don't use Humbrol clears, but I had similar experiences with other brands. I'd recommend you rinse the areas where the Microsol was applied and let them dry. Then thin some of the clear you used previously and apply a very light coat over those areas. If the fogging starts to disapper you can continue, if it doesn't, you can still remove the paint and redo your work. It's worth a shot.

Hope this helps.
Paul H

to clarify: According to the instructions(!) on the bottle:

MicroSET (Blue Bottle) is brushed on to model where decal is to go.... etc & MicroSET (RED Bottle) is used to Soften Decal to conform to surfaces....

I used blue to position then red to set decals on 3 models. The Cartograf decals were a dream, as were the Tamiya decals on the Jimmy truck, but the Tamiya tanker decals were very thick, not helped by my cack-handedness.

Not mopping up promptly is the cause of the 'burn', so looking for recovery techniques blush

& is there a better setting solution?

You might be able to get rid of the "frost" by applying a clear gloss. Alternately, you might also try gently rubbing it out with fine grit wet sanding(minimum 600).

I have lucked out when this has happened to me by applying another coat of clear gloss. So far that is all I have had to do. Good luck.

Tamiya decals are do not react well with Microsol. Gunze's Mark softer or Tamiya's own decal solvent will do a better job on Tamiya, Hasegawa or Gunze's kit decals
Paul H

i have te same issue with the same stuff...microsol + humbrol clear...is easy fix with another coat of clear,happen if you put to much microsol

Well after advice here & elsewhere, I wet-sanded the offending areas with MDC's 5 pack of sanding blocks and some fingernail sanding/buffing/finishing stick set from Primark (£1.00/$1.60 ish)





A quick coat of Humbrol Gloss later,

24 hours later USAF & hood number decals on with Humbrol DecalFix





& the residue, much less than the MicroSol/Set



Cleanup & final gloss tonight.

More Pics showing the thinner truck & decals on the tailgate, which were fine.

Nearly finished, a quick coat of Humbrol Flat, (feel like the prodigal, returning to the Enamels family!)

Bits of 'fuzz' on the tanker body, which is from the a/b (dried flat varnish?) which brushes off easily.

Conclusions: The Humbrol Gloss & flat do spray well, & make the tramline edges of the Tamiya decals disappear, enough said.

But I wasn't happy with spraying the gloss onto the windscreens. Luckily this stripped off easily enough with IPA, H20 & a toothbrush, I will DIP them as recommended by Humbrol's Youtube Tutorials.

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