Dry Transfer Decals | How To Apply 

Taping it to the “parchment” paper seems so obvious but I haven’t seen anyone mention it. Really liking the Channel. Keep it up!

That feel when you've built 30 models, and yet you're only now deciding to learn how to use Dry Decals

I think 1 reason why dry-transfer decals are better is because when properly applied, they go on without any borders. On the sticker decals, of course there's a noticeable border. But even with a water slide decals, there's a slight border.

Great info for beginners like me!! Clear and concise... and you don't let the production get in the way of the instruction. Gonna check out the rest of your tutorials!!! Thanks!!

Ay bro, I was having a hard time with dry decals, and you just explained how to apply dry decals in the easiest way possible, thanks man.

Holy crap. This was revelatory! Thank you! Decal applying life changed forever!

Thank you very much for this,I've had a few kits with those dry decals and was turned off to using them.I'm building an MG Endless Waltz Tallgeese and I've passed on these decals with an MG and RG before.I don't want to keep wasting them.I cut out one and pressed it hard with my thumb tip and it worked🙌🔥🔥🔥

When I was a kid in the 70s , we used to get these things in cereal that were like little scenes on a piece of card or heavy paper. The came with a sheet of dry transfers of say certain cartoon characters or something and you would apply them to the background so I learned how to apply them before I did the water slides. They can be fussy but when applied successfully, they can really make the kit.

I've built over 30 kits and I really don't have a problem with foil stickers as long as you do them right. I thought those ones were waterslides so good to know they're dry rubs.

Thank you as I never even knew what they're called. I just keep getting them with my toys and I've tried to apply them, like a normal decal, and they always ripped. Thanks to you, I now know the proper way to apply these decals. I usually always use waterside though but, at least I now know how to apply these.

I'm on my second kit now, a mg zaku II char custom to go along with my first kit, an mg rx 78-2 and it came with these so here I am :P

I just built my first MG and I tried to apply dry rub stickers as water slide ones.... That explains why they kept tearing.... Thanks for the video :)

Thanks for the vid, I've been building for a while but was scared of these decals, decided to finally give it a shot with my mg f91 kit And they look so clean

I had a kit that had some of these, but the instructions only translated them as "decals" , so I thought they were waterslides that had fused to the top sheet from humidity having the kit shipped to me. Requested a replacement set from BlueFin, was surprised to see the same issue. Ended up managing to peel the decals off the sheet and applied them , they look fine on my kit but lesson learned that there's another type of decal out there!

Was building the MG 00 XN Raiser and had never messed with dry rub decals before. Highly informative video, and was a lot of fun applying them! Thank you so much!

Here's the reason I don't like Dry Rubs. Depending on the surface that you're attempting to apply the sticker to, it can become difficult to get proper alignment, let alone ensure taped in such a way that doesn't have the sticker move (this has happened several times on my ver. Ka Sinanju and this destroyed the decal; hence I bought water slide replacements in an attempt to correct this). Sometimes you have to press down on top of the decal because there is literally no other surface to apply pressure to when trying to tape, again causing problems where the decal is ruined. I've also had it where sometimes in order to apply one decal, I have to apply tape over the surface where another decal has been placed and that causes issues that basically destroy the decal. I agree that the Dry Rubs, when applied and applied correctly look great; however there are scenarios where doing water slides are just easier and going to save you a lot of frustration (that's not say the Water Slides don't have their own problems).

I really do appreciate this video and did learn from it. I actually purchased a 3rd party Transformer and it came with the tiniest most delicate little decals I've ever seen. I tried to apply one and actually destroyed it just trying to pick it up like a regular sticker/decal. Thanks to this video I actually understand how they're supposed to work and I think I'll be able to apply the others successfully. Thanks

Thank you this helped so much with my first mg (Rx-77-2 gun-cannon)

This is all i needed! Just doing dry rubs for the first time i couldnt figure it out. And now im in love. No more water slides for me haha

Thank you so much. I'm making my first two MG's, the MG Red Astrey Kai and the RG Kyrios. This is really helpful!

I’m brand new to gunpla, and I was THIS close to using these babies like waterslides cause I thought that’s what they were. Thank god I did some searching first. Thanks for the vid!

Yo, I know this vid is old, but thank you. I'm gonna try to throw some on a kit in the morning.

Thanks for the advice friend. Just got my first set of dry rubs with my MG Astray Blue, and this makes the prospect a lot less intimidating.

My MG Exia comes along with this so here I am😂 I really don't know to put that shit on until I watched your vid. Thank you😊

Wow, thank you! I just got my first MG that came with Dry Transfer. This is so very informative I am likely to watch it again once I get to that part of the build.

I had no idea it was actually that simple. This helped a lot, thank you! Now I just have to dig up all the dry transfer sheets I put away because I had no idea how to put them on...

I should of watched this before because I did a mistake with the rx-78-2 gundam and no other explained it but you helped me very much

Gonna put this to the test on my first MG this week

Lol. Thanks for this man. I thought these were waterslides and spent the night dunking them in water. Cant wait to use them properly.

That tape tip is amazing! Never thought of it and I've been putting these on the hard way for all this time

Most of my kits have all been real grades which come with the sticker types so I’m just starting to play with the dry rubs…I immediately used this tip with the dry rubs for my PG red frame and it was so easy!! Thank you so very much!

You’re right about the tape lol I was messing with it and didn’t bother looking up a tutorial not sure why but I learned that the tape really helped lol 10/10

Thx a bunch for making this video. I have several Gundams that came with these dry rub decals and I had no idea how to apply them, so that’s the reason why I didn’t like them. But after watching your video, it’s soooooo easy, especially the tape trick. Now I can go back to my other kits and apply them.

Sweet thanks, these came in my ver 2 Zaku and I was puzzled

That video convinced my momma to apply dry rub decals. Excellent video all around.

Great video, got my first Gundam for graduation, it was a master grade so I was a little overwhelmed

Omg I didn't know this exist until now thanks for the info! I want my decals to look like they are smooth or printed on to the surface so I think this kind of decal is for me.

Thank you! Taping the parchment part was very helpful.

Thanks for posting. I always struggle with Dry [rub] transfer decals.

Exactly what i needed for my shiranui..thanks!

Thanks for this video man, concise and informative ! Now, I've a MG sandrock waiting for me lol

I love the foil stickers;-; Also the manual for my red astray said they where heat activated

4:55 start of dry transfer guide

Awesome tutorial! I was definitely wondering what the hell i was supposed to do with them. Thank you!

I brought oo xn raiser and astray red frame kai and it came with that sticker so i had to find out jow to and i found this great channel

Thanks for the tips and tricks

Thanks for the tutorial.

Thank you for that. I did not have any idea how to start with that! 😊

THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST VIDEO I SAW! I was hoping I'd not have to rub it so hard, I'm liable to destroy shit lol I am a gorilla XD

This was very helpful ma thanks man 👍🏽

Came here with literly 0% knowledge about decals, other than the word itself, was looking for a quick conclusive video review, and this hits the spot. Im a restorator in israel, looking for tips and tricks on which is the best way to restor those decals and letters on old electric appliances, flip clock radio, phonographs, tv Sets and more. Great video! Ide ive some tips whice decal will suit me better?

I watched this for my 2nd model kit build and I can't believe how simple this was lmao 💀

this was super helpful. i was too scared to try.

Clear instructions! Thanks man!

After applying them, do you spray a gloss coat or flat finish to them? If so, how do they react to it? Do they silver, crack, peel, come off or discolor? Thank you.

Nice demo sgep by step

That looks like wax paper. Great video! I didn't even think of using tape to keep the decal from moving.

Subscribed and hit the bell, thanks man this is gonna really up my gunpla game

Great video and instruction.

Great tips thank you

I've been dodging these details for a few years. Now that I'm back into gunpla I have tackle the dry transfers soon once I tackle the F91 MG 2.0 since I assume the big F91 decals are a dry transfer.

JUST GET ON WITH IT, MATE!!!

Thank you so much!!!!

What tape do you use, because adhesives tend not to stick to parchment paper

10/10 my man

Thank you very much

Thanks bro! Looking forward to it :)

thank you for a really helpful video (-:

Damn! What a useful video!

Do we need to use Micro Sol and Micro Sets to help them adhere more or are they more for water decals? I've always used water decals but I cant find decent water decal for my MG red astray so I'm going to attempt the dry transfer decals.

Thx. Helped a lot

Thanks 😀

Wondering if you have any tips for applying dry rub decals to an angled or curved surface? It seems like the plastic sheet is rather stiff sometimes and doesn't want to bend easily on an angled surface. Any advice would be nice. Thanks and great vid.

Hi, I would like to know if a paper like the one used in the video to make handmade transfers is on sale

Great video man definitely going to follow these tips

Def. needed

Wow, I have learned alot, thank you alot

Hello sir how to know if the decals is water transfer decals or rub transfer decals or ordinary stickers

Wow could find a smaller sticker to demo?

Do you put the tape ontop of the decal?

You put me on The tape works perfect

thanks for the tip!

Thanks

Tutorial starts at 5:30

I thought it's a waterslide decal so I put it into water.. 1 minute passed and it still won't slide, I thought I do it wrong so I stop. A week later I decide to ask my friend and he told me it's a dry decal 💀

Mine came with the paper slipped off and they weren’t sticky at all

Wait I thought it was model reference for painting, these are actually stickers ? What have I done

nice video!

video starts at 04:22

I am building my mg justice 2.0

My mg gm ground type lead me here.

good vid but the intro shouldnt be half the vid :)

When i 1st had decals Dry ones I though you just rub em hard and they will stick Yes they did stick but the decal named rx - 0 is ruined became a normal rx lmao

too bad dry rub are rarely added to kits

Good grief 5 minutes to get into how to actually apply these damn transfers.

fucking MG Unicorn. well shit if i could handle EVA-01 waterslide then this shouldnt be too bad

5:20 save your times. Man, seriously.

This is hilarious. In the Transformers community stickers are hated on quite a bit. And I'm not really sure why because stickers are far superior to dry rub decals in pretty much every way.

These are the WORST type of fucking decals. I'd much rather use water slide.

bad