If you can, try not to touch the adhesive side of the stickers.
Fingerprints can show under the sticker. I pick up and position them while stuck to the tip of my knife blade.
Before using your knife for this, wipe off and clean the blade. You want to keep the sticky side clean.
After the backing is peeled off,
Dip the sticker in water. This allows re-positioning on the fins. Before setting the sticker onto the fin, wet the fin where the sticker will go.
The sticker on the fin. The template window is used to check the position, centering and horizontal alignment.
This is the same method I used when placing decals on the Saturn V fins.
Here's another AT-022 sticker on the other side of the fin.
Work out the excess water using a Q-tip, rolling out the water and air from the center out to the sides.
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