Problems with decal application

[huskysizeguy99]

Hi. I am new to decaling minifigs and parts. I am on my third go round doing minifig torsos and legs. I followed all the suggested steps in the tutorial I found here, as well as fineclonier's article on KAM. So I am using both setting and softening solution. My problem is that the edges of my decals "roll upI" and peel away from the torso and leg surfaces. I have prepped the surface properly, ie. cleaning and applying setting solution. I have tried several times and the edges still peel up from the surface- see pics-. The decals feel very brittle to me. I am getting VERY tired of wasting materials! Any help MUCH appreciated!

[Yzalirk]

I haven't applied any custom decals yet but to fix your problem, you may want to rub your finger on the decal when it's on the torso to get rid of any air pockets and apply a bit of pressure to it so it dries properly to the torso. It could also be doing that because you may have added too much water to it if you are using the Water Slide Decals method.

[Robianco]

I've never had this happen to a decal.

I've always applied a very thin layer of clear acrylic spray to seal the inks before trimming them and dropping in water to remove from the backing... I've also never messed around too much with the torso being clean. They've normally always been clean enough anyway.

I've applied the decal and smoothed it out a little to remove big areas of water and air bubbles. then pretty much left it to air dry and not mess with it too much.

After it's dry I then give the torso/legs another coat of the spray to help seal everything.