[WWI] Removing residue

[Andy Bannister]

Mike:
> 
> OK, what I hope will be a fairly simple question. I have 
> finished an off topic plane with natural metal finish.(MM 
> Chrome). Lots of decals and I used all of the 
> solvents.Micro-Sol/Set and Solva). Lots of stuff seems to be 
> left on model, marring the finish. Seems to show up more on 
> nmf than other finishes. Anyway. I often read about how 
> people "wipe down" their models to remove this crud. What do 
> you guys use? Plain water? Soapy Water? Will the decals move? 
> CLoth or Q-tip. All thoughts welcome. 

Yep, I routinely wipe down after decals go on to remove glue & solvent
residue. I just use a cloth dampened with soapy water and then give the
model a rinse under the tap. I've never had decals move but some have glue
that nothing short of a small thermo-nuclear device will remove. I used some
Leading Edge decals on an ongoing ot project and was left with brown-ish
stains on the white wings. I tried everything in my repertoire to get rid of
that but even mineral spirits wouldn't budge it. I resorted to masking over
the roundels with punched out discs of Tamiya tape (the low tack didn't pull
up the decals fortunately) and then re-spraying the wings.

Andy 
 
CEO, Editor in Chief, Choreographer, Teaboy
www.warpedplastic.co.uk