How to deal with this case of bleed through? (Replacement decals to be applied)

[slippers]

I'd be grateful for others' opinions on what I should do here. 

 

 

 

This was completed last year. I mixed up my own red using Gaia fluorescent and Tamiya X7, no clear coat whatsoever. I'm pretty sure that the Gaia fluorescent is to blame as it's happened on another kit where I also used red and orange in a mix. 

 

Now, what do I do? 

- just lay the replacement decals on top and hope that the bleed doesn't affect them (doesn't sound good) 

- clear coat first and then proceed as above (a pain, as masking in situ won't be fun) 

- a n other (removing the decals seems a non-starter as I've experienced this on another kit just today; paintwork damaged) 

 

Any advice from the denizens here will be much appreciated. 

 

Cheers, 

 

[slippers]

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Decals were very thin...with the white one's being weak over the red...would recommend satin clear before decals go down...as gloss makes that problem worse!

 

Managed to glean this piece of knowledge from the vehicle section of the forum. 

 

I haven't got satin but will mix Tamiya LP Matt and Semi gloss clear to make some. Hopefully it'll go OK.