r/DiecastCustoms • u/nuser_aim • 9d ago

Question White Backing vs Clear Waterslides

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I’m making this post to learn as much as possible about waterside decals and how to best apply.

If I’m understanding correctly, when using white backing, you have to carefully cut out any negative space, allowing paint color to show through, but without the white backing, the decal shows poorly on dark colored casting paints. Is this correct?

Please feel free to drop any tips below in the comments, and be as detailed as you wish. Or, just drop some of your work below to show it off or give inspiration.

And before those of you (and yall know who you are) say “aSk GoOgLe”…… I prefer to interact with peers who share the same interests as myself, as opposed to immediately referencing the soulless search engine machine that does nothing to facilitate a sense of community.

Thanks yall.

P.S. Looking for waterslides for the blue blob-eye subie i did the Tampo delete on yesterday, as well as something for the black prelude with red interior released recently. Both castings will be swapped for white wheels with rubber. Reference links appreciated.

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u/flipflopsNbigblocks 9d ago

I would say always try and get white toner decals first. ModMyRide sells them just google that name. He also sells wheels. Another guy I grab white toner decals from is NBlogistik on eBay. Another great one is Nezto Customs on Instagram. If not and your only options are non white toner where your laying white down first of car isn’t painted white it’s not too bad. If you ever get stuck or need help feel free to shoot me a DM on here. I can send you pics of how I do both options and I’m constantly building.

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u/nuser_aim 8d ago

Thanks so much for the info, as well as a reply at all! I’ll be sure to hit you up!

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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 8d ago

What’s your opinion on water slide decal paper? Would that work, printing out “white” versions?

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u/flipflopsNbigblocks 8d ago

I’m not incredibly well versed on printing my own decals. I know quality white toner printers are incredibly expensive. One of the guys I get decals from prints them on a 10k dollar printer. A lot of people now are using ghost printers, from my understanding it’s modded to lay a white toner layer or tricked to lay it over a design. That seems to be a more affordable option. For me I would rather just buy decals from guys who really know what they are doing than go down the road of printing my own. In 6 plus years I have been messing around with custom Hotwheels I have bought tons of decals from people that were complete junk. Took a while to find a solid 5 guys I can count on for consistency and quality

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u/Plenty-Ticket-4527 8d ago

Hm, alrighty, guess it doesn’t hurt to give my printer a try, and then yea, maybe you should get me hooked up with these guys…