Description
We offer quality decals made specially for our shop. Sketches are developed on the basis of original inscriptions on German grenades. The drawings have the correct proportions and perfect symmetry. Decals are printed on professional equipment.
Decal for smoke grenade M24/39 — the inscription Nb.H.Gr.39 (smoke hand grenade 39) with a white stripe on the body and the manufacturer's marking.
Eagle WaA is offered as a separate item, it is not included in a decal set for the M24 grenade!
Together with each decal there is a strip-tester about 3x1 cm in size. In composition, it is exactly the same as the decal and is painted in all the main colors of the decal. Using it, try to work with the decal, see how the decal will sit on your surface, how it will look after drying. Try baking, the effect of varnish. Try to remove the top coat of varnish if it's nesessary.
Why are there stripes on the varnish?
Decals can be supplied in a plastic film that protects the front part. It must be removed before work.
There are 2 layers of varnish on the decals. There may stripes on the upper one caused by storage (from plastic film). This is not considered a defect. When you transfer the decal to the rough surface of the helmet, these stripes will become invisible. If desired, the top layer of varnish should be removed (just scratch with your finger from the corner when decal is dry, the upper varnish will peel off like a film, the paint and another layer of varnish will remain) in order for the decal to look authentic. It is important to remove the varnish after the decal is installed on the surface, and not before, otherwise the letters will spread out during installation (the varnish binds the pattern into one whole).
How to install the decal?
Put a piece of paper with the image (as it is, do not cut anything) in warm water for 30-60 seconds. After that, the decal must be put on the surface of the helmet and, holding the image with your finger, pull the paper base out. Set the pattern evenly, wet it with water if it sticks. You can pre-mark the surface of the helmet using a pencil, where the corners of the picture should be. Then remove the water from under the picture with a rag or toilet paper, holding the image with your fingers, so as not to move. Let it dry for at least a day. The decal will shrink to the surface.
How to fasten the decal?
The decal keeps perfectly by itself and does not require fastening. However, if you are going to wear a helmet during reenactment and make it wet in the rain, the decal must be additionally fixed.
1) A well-dried image can be varnished. Areas around the decal should be masked before varnishing. Varnish is sold as aerosol in stores for artists or motorists. Before applying the varnish, it is recommended to remove the upper protective film from the decal. On original helmets the lacquer over the decals was usually gloss and covered the decal area plus 1-2 mm from the edge.
2) Another way is called "baking". It may not give a good result from the first time (the decal may swell if there is air or water droplets under it), but if the result is successful, the decal holds so firmly that it can only be removed along with the paint. It literally melts into the paint and becomes one with it. To bake the decal, you need to heat the helmet in an oven (gas or electric, not microwave!) untill you can't normally touch it with your hand, but not more, so as not to burn the paint. Then turn off the heater and allow the helmet to cool down.
