Putting decals over painted tank

[DAN UMBARGER]

Hi all, I recently painted the tank on my Elto Handitwin and just today received my new decals from Dixie. How long do yall think I should wait to put the decals on? The paint I used says to repaint before an hour or after 48 hours. Don’t want to wrinkle the paint or destroy $44.00 worth of decals doing it too soon.

• This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by DAN UMBARGER.

[Bob Wight]

I live in an area with consistently high humidity, so I usually give the paint a full week to fully cure before applying decals.   Never had a problem by taking time on this last step.

Bob

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[DAN UMBARGER]

Wanted to respond to my own post…after opening up my decal and checking all the INSTRUCTIONS …I answered my own question. Dixie says to wait 3 weeks before installing decals over freshly painted tanks. So there ya go!!! BTW…I really like the looks of her decals…gonna make this engine POP!

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by DAN UMBARGER.

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