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shood23

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Hi i am looking for just a big piece of white decal for a future project and can't find anything other than the stuff on ebay that you print decals onto so i am wondering if I could just use this without putting it through a printer as i dont want a design on it i just need it for a bigish white box

Shaun

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As long as you get the white decal paper it will work well as a plain white decal even if you don't print on it.

Of course, if you want to be certain, you could always create a suitable white box shape in your graphics program then print that onto the decal paper first :evil_laugh:

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I've used Testors white decal paper before and it's pretty good, quite opaque and better than the Tauromodel sheets I used before. It's also very thin. I believe that Testors paper is made by the same people who make the Bare Metal expert's choice sheets, if you can find one of these it will work fine.

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Another reason for wanting to decal instead of paint is that i have had problems with zeros white in the past yellowing even with very light coats of clear but matt beings you are very knowledgeable when it comes to that paint range if you have any advice to help i would definitely consider painting

Cheers shaun

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Another reason for wanting to decal instead of paint is that i have had problems with zeros white in the past yellowing even with very light coats of clear but matt beings you are very knowledgeable when it comes to that paint range if you have any advice to help i would definitely consider painting

Cheers shaun

It will be the clear that has yellowed not the white paint. Which clear did you use over the Zero White? I have a fair few models painted with Zero Pure White from a few years ago and they are still as white as the day they were sprayed. Are the models placed in direct sunlight? I have heard that this can yellow the clear over time too..

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