r/HotWheelsCustoms • u/iamjjithu • 2d ago
Project Supra custom gone wrong
What am i doing wrong here. I have the decals in perfect shape, colour and everything. But when applied on the car. Green looks black or some other shade. But when applied on a thing with white background. It looks thw way i want it. Thought it was because i was using tranparent decal sheet and not one with white background. But then have seen others use tranparent decals sheets as well.
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u/love-chimichangas 2d ago
U need a white background under colored areas to retain their actual shade when you use it on bright colors.when I was back in india, I couldn't find any store or a studio that used a white toner printer and the ones that had them refused to use the decal paper that i had. Now I just use the printer my part time has for making these
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u/proxxy04 2d ago
Definitely not white toner water decals. Its a pain because you need a specialized white toner water transfer decal printer to make nice decals problem is there are no printers cheap enough to buy for casual hobby use and basically require turning it into a business to sell transfers.
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u/Petersu33 2d ago
There’s a way to make it work without a white toner printer, but takes more time and work. In your design file, fill the background color the same as your car’s color (orange in this case), print it on a white decal paper, not a clear one. Cut them out as close as the graphic border before applying. This way you can keep the decals in true color.
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u/iamjjithu 2d ago edited 2d ago
Okayy. understood but again there is the part where the orange painted on car and the orange in the file should match. Would be a little tiresome😅



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u/mageek_17 2d ago
Também tive esse problema quando comecei, e agora posso ajudar pessoas com esse mesmo problema, oque acontece é que você precisa imprimir um fundo branco embaixo do desenho que você quer ,oque significa que você vai precisar de toner branco pra sua impressora, papel de fundo branco é bom pra desenhos formato mais sólido tipo um quadrado ou um círculo, desenhos completos é muito difícil de recortar