Need Help with Power 2019 Indy 500 Car

[jaw12287]

Hi all,

I have been working on a conversion of Power's 2019 Verizon 5G car and have hit a snag. I got all of the decals laid down and noticed that once they dried, some of the backing portions have turned grey/silver. I've never attempted a car with a matte paint scheme, so I'm wondering if I messed up by using a matte paint instead of painting it gloss black then finishing with a matte spray. Is there a way to salvage this or am I screwed here and need to order a new set?

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated!


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[indycals]

Yep. Gloss paint, then decal, then matt clear coat. Did you use setting solution? Solvaset might help the problem.

[indycals]

Also check your PMs

[jaw12287]

Jul 11, 2019 15:14:01 GMT -5 indycals said:

Yep. Gloss paint, then decal, then matt clear coat. Did you use setting solution? Solvaset might help the problem.

Damn. I had a feeling that was what the problem was once I saw what happened. I did not use any kind of setting solution, is that something I can do after the fact to attempt to salvage this or should I just reorder and try again?

P.S.: Thanks for making the decals, they are perfect. This was clearly an operator error 

[GrandPrecision]

Jul 11, 2019 15:18:42 GMT -5 jaw12287 said:

Jul 11, 2019 15:14:01 GMT -5 indycals said:

Yep. Gloss paint, then decal, then matt clear coat. Did you use setting solution? Solvaset might help the problem.

Damn. I had a feeling that was what the problem was once I saw what happened. I did not use any kind of setting solution, is that something I can do after the fact to attempt to salvage this or should I just reorder and try again?

P.S.: Thanks for making the decals, they are perfect. This was clearly an operator error 

I'd guess that if no setting solution was used, the decals should come up pretty easily with masking tape. I'd say Michael would know how to best remove the decals as I believe he does that all the time

[indycals]

Yeah, tape will pull them off. Even when I've used setting solution I've been able to pull them off.

[Calvin]

This matte finish topic is always interesting to me, because its the opposite of what a person thinks.

The key to a matte finish with water slide decals is optimizing a gloss finish, FIRST.

I need to do a blog post on this because I've seen this happen so many times. I need to build this car so I can do one.....