Posted by: @tim-loveridge

Hi. I’ve just applied the new water slide decals to my viper tank (lovely). before I apply varnish, they look like there is a thin skin over the top of the decals - should this be peeled off or left alone? 

thanks in advance

tim

Hi Tim, thank you for contacting us.

The waterslide transfers are protected by a thin layer of varnish. This holds the design together and allows you to slide these about. Sometimes we have some waxed paper covering the whole transfers which should be the same size as the backing card. This is purely to stop them sticking to the plastic bag or getting scratched when shipping your order and this can be thrown away.

I've included an image of a waterslide transfer, You can see a clear varnish layer that sits over and around the design of the letter T. This is part of the transfer and should not be peeled away. 

I've attached an image of two BSA transfers, one without the waxed paper at the top and one covered with waxed paper below which can be thrown away.

I hope this helps. If you have any questions, please let us know.

@09wilsonad thanks Adam. What’s a little odd on the Velocette transfers is that you can see 2 clear layers after they’ve been applied. I’ll take a photo tonight to show you what I mean..

@tim-loveridge Please attach the photos when convenient and we will take a look.

Thank you for letting us know.

Hi Adam - hopefully the two attached photos explain what I’m talking about. It looks as though you could peel off the top layer, but I wanted to check!

cheers

Tim

And the other photo:

Posted by: @tim-loveridge

Hi Adam - hopefully the two attached photos explain what I’m talking about. It looks as though you could peel off the top layer, but I wanted to check!

cheers

Tim

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Hi Tim, thank you for sending the images. From what I can tell, the second layer you can see is the black outline on our transfer followed by the clear layer over to top. If you would prefer to have a plain gold transfer with no outline or varnish layer, we can supply this as a vinyl transfer?

@09wilsonad that’s ok - I think the water slides are more elegant. I just wanted to make sure. 

thanks again for your advice!

@tim-loveridge No worries, Tim. Thank you for the order.