Gold size- printed transfers (Decals)

[Wayne Osborne]

Anyone had any experience of applying these?

I have a big run of them to do for a Pullman Railway carriage restoration job-
They are brand new re-pros, and have the image in reverse onto clear cell- then onto stiff white paper (on the front).

I hav'nt done any for a while, (and not sure i ever knew much of what i was doing last time )

Last ones I did where 80 years old thou...and had been rolled up for the last 50 in a dusty drawer.

I'm hoping these will be easier.

Thanks in advance

[Mike Jackson]

http://www.theletterheads.com/glawson/decalomaniac.html

Wayne,
You may find the information you need on the link above.

Also, try doing a search for "Decalomania"

Good luck,
Mike Jackson

[Wayne Osborne]

Thanks Mike- thats very helpful.

these are definatley-backside out- oil size ones.

I'm guessing the size "tack" is a little tacker than for regular gilding- (as for copper - or aluminium leaf??)

[Wayne Osborne]

Thanks to everyone here and elsewhere who replied or messaged me about this.

An Update:

Did all these yesterday!- I used one shot quick size, and they all went very well- I cut them down a bit- and followed Ricks method and hinged them -like laying vinyl to get the registration.
- sized the back and taped them down till they dried-then flipped them up and applied- soaked the paper back ( which I think was held with some sort of Gum Arabic type size)- and off it comes perfectly everytime.

They are outdoors 100%- so I'll varnish over next to protect them from weather and the cleaners.

Thanks again everyone.

Pics to follow.

[Ian Stewart-Koster]

Glad to be able to help!
(I guess I could have posted the step-by-steps we used here too, but they're on a similar thread on letterville)