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Old 12-30-10 | 03:41 PM
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Bikes: Old Bike: 1975 Raleigh Delta, New Bike: 2004 Norco Bushpilot

Originally Posted by randyjawa
I cannot recall the exact procedure, but it had to do with applying my own glue and then sticking that to the head tube and down tube. This, alone suggested to me that he was aware of the issue. I almost forgot, in his instructions for use, included with my purchase. In addition to using a spoon to smooth down the decals, and perhaps a hair dryer to help them stick. If that failed, then I was to get some kind of white spirit based varnish, and ensure that I did not use cellulose to seal the decal...

Honest to goodness, these were the written instructions! I just said to heck with it. And the bike sits, unfinished and off of the radar, probably for quite a while.

Again, the decal seller tried hard to help me out, with guidance and the offer to return my money. None the less, the ball was dropped. If he has supplier issues, then he needs to deal with that. If he has application concerns, he needs to mention them before the customer purchases.

Again, just an old fellow's opinion
I was wondering, if a decal is made for one type of finish and a bike has another type, say for example the decal is designed for lacquer and the bike has enamel then there could be issues, but I would expect the decal supplier to know this. If it's an original decal, then the vendor should know about the quality, if it's a reproduction then there is no excuse for a less then perfect decal, it's so easy now to load an image into Photoshop or The Gimp and clean it up, before sending it to the printer.
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