Baking Enamel over Water Slide Decal ok?

[Jallenfuzz]

I have been baking my enamel paints and using water slide decals and finishing them with clear coat enamel.  Has anyone baked on an enamel after putting a decal on the pedal? Will this work ok or will it ruin the decal? Any advise will help.. Thanks

[selfdestroyer]

I have been baking my enamel paints and using water slide decals and finishing them with clear coat enamel.  Has anyone baked on an enamel after putting a decal on the pedal? Will this work ok or will it ruin the decal? Any advise will help.. Thanks

The one time I did this the water slide paper turned a yellow color and looked horrible.

[rullywowr]

Depends on the heat settings and also the paper you are using.  I bake clear waterslides with clear powdercoat on top with good results.  Heat around 375F.

If you bake too long at too high a temp, you can get some discoloring.  I would try first with a sample piece just to see how it comes out.

[TNblueshawk]

Man, I'd rather just wait half a day or so than take the chance of having to strip that sucker down. But then I'm chicken.

[Jallenfuzz]

Where do you buy your water slides? What brand? I've been getting mine from pedal parts plus but I saw one brand that claimed it was heat resistant. It said to print a mirror image place it on backwards and wipe off the glue. The one I tried and messed up was only baked at 200 deg.

[TNblueshawk]

I get mine from Texas Craft or maybe the site is called Papilio. I've gotten them from the for a few years now. No complaints at all but they are not cheap so I bought in quantity.

[Jallenfuzz]

Thanks... I'll check that out.

[selfdestroyer]

I just picked up 20 sheets of Papilio laser printer clear decal paper from Amazon last week. I am going to attempt to try it again and see if I get the same results. I really want to have other options than just doing the rubber stamps.

[Jallenfuzz]

I would love to hear your results! I was checking that paper out..