We've all been here -
Kit stickers are placed on the rocket and burnished. Over the next few days you notice that the edges are starting to lift.
Over time, the adhesion on the back of pressure sensitive stickers loses some of its grip. These might be from an older kit. They could have been in the bag for a few years.
While these kit stickers are "peel and stick", age also effects water slide decal transfer and adhesion.
The vertical name decals should get another shot of spray adhesive and be replaced in the same location as before.
To set up a positioning "corner" reference on the model, tape was applied right on the outside edges of the sticker to be removed.
The final color layer on the pre-printed tubes is very thin and could be easily lifted. I did about 10 press and lifts on my jeans pant leg to lift some lint and reduce the stickiness of the masking tape.
The tape was gently placed with no burnishing. I just wanted to outline the corner of the stickers that were lifting.
The stickers were pulled from the outside edges to the center. You can see some of the outside gray layer was pulled off. This will be covered when the sticker is replaced.
Leave the masking tape positioning corners in place.
Continued next post -
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