I have just flat run out of time on this one and am pushing. I have just appied a waterside decal from Decal Connection (love their decals) and am really wanting to apply the next coat of epoxy as soon as I can. The room is warm and the Hummity (for Florida) is not to high tonight. What do you think the min. would be.

Alan I have done them in as little as an hour,generally if they look dry they are
John

If you did not use the Micro Sol you can go pretty quick as John noted. If you used the Micro Sol it might be best to wait at least a couple of hours. It softens the film and kinda solubulizes the film. At least try to force dry it with a hair dryer. This is against the normal reccomended procedures but as the old addage goes Do What U Gotta Do!

Bill and John thanks, Yes bill I did use the Micro Sol so I will hold off just a bit longer. Hate to rush it is when things go wrong but as I said I just have run out of time. Thanks Again.

Edited post, Everything went well waited about two and half hours. My only problem is one that I had before and that was cuting the edges of the decal. If you get any type of ruff edge it will show through as a small line or dot and of course their is one if you look close enough. But all in all I think it turned out well. I will try and post some pics if I get time. Thanks again for the quick responce.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/2006 09:55PM by Alan Royce.

Alan,
I use Micro Sol all the time and believe it or not I've put finish on as little as 30 minutes after using it. I've never had a problem with the finish. Most of the time, you can get rid of (or greatly reduce) that edge but applying another coat or two of the Micro Sol. I wait until it's nearly dry then iron out the edge with a finger nail. It usually solves the problem. Randy.

As Bill said it is far better to wait as reccomended,don't want to see a bunch of post regarding waiting time and problems caused by not waiting.
Alan-hard to explain but if you cut your decals on an angle you get a much flatter edge
John

If you are using Micro Sol. Be careful after applying. The directions for the material include warnings that the film is softened and do not touch until dry or the decal will be easily damaged. The old directions also said apply only one brush stroke of the Micro Sol.

I have normally used finger pressure to remove air and flatten the edge after the initial Micro Set goes over the top.

Thanks everybody,

Yes I would highly recomend that if you can wait for the recomended period. It is much eaizer on the nerves. There was one area I should have recut I even told myself to do it but it would have put it a little close to the lettering so I decided best to just leave it as is. Next time I will try to smooth the edges after applying the Micro sol. I had thought about it but to be honest was a little nervous because I know that it weakens the decal.

Thanks again