Regular readers of my story of restoring an American Flyer 312 on the "Restoration Monday" thread will recall that I'm at the point of applying dry-transfer lettering to the tender. My transfers arrived from Clover House yesterday, and I was surprised to see this warning notice in the envelope:
I would ordinarily have applied Dullcote over the transfers after application, so it's a good thing I read the warning before proceeding. The transfers themselves went on normally, look good, and I've now bought a can ot Krylon Matte Finish to protect them (I'll be spraying it on shortly).
I contacted Tom Dempsey of Clover House, to get his permission to post the above scan, as it seemed to me to be something of which all railroad modelers who use anyone's dry transfers should be aware. He granted me permission, provided that I post the complete recommendation (I have), that I mention that the Clover House transfers are satisfactory (they definitely are) , and that this problem results from "a chemical reaction between two good products produced by two good companies."
The moral, I suppose, is: Always do a bit of testing before overspraying any dry transfers with anything at all.
After I get through spraying the tender and doing a bit more detail work, I'll post photos in "Restoration Monday."
