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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Testors offers a do it yourself decal kit for around $5.00 that is for use with ink jet printers. It comes with two half sheets of decal paper, one clear and one white, a small can of spray fixative and a mini CD with designs. Since the kit appears to be marketed to car modelers, the CD is supposed to include flames, stripes and the like (I didn't bother to look at mine). The system more seems to work. My first attempt was for black lettering and a logo, and it more or less worked. After several applications of Solvaset to get the decals to snuggle down, there was some bleeding of the black ink. It appears that the Solvaset, which is a mild acid, ate through the sprayed on fixative. Perhaps a second coating would have helped. The decals weren't badly damaged, and the lettering just looks like it has been weathered a bit. I doubt if the kit would be useful for yellow or other lighter colors. My second attempt was for a small green and black logo on a white background, it seemed to work OK. I'll probably use the kit again in the future. Testors also offers separate packages of the decal paper for the same price as the kit. I bought mine at the local Wal-Mart, in the plastic model section. Also referring to color laser printers, I had some color logos printed this way several years ago. The logo needed a white background, so I had the printing done on white decal paper. I first printed the logos on a piece of high quality paper and had the decal printing done on a color photocopier. These too seemed to work out OK. [:D] A little effort and experimenting can go a long way! Bob Boudreau
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