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Posted by Jay on April 21, 2025, 20:58:08, in reply to "pontos wood deck install tips"
greetings, my suggestion ( for what its worth) would be prime and then paint the entire surface of the deck the color you painted your details reason being is that the deck material is pretty thin and you may see dark areas around your deck details show through the thin deck material, so it should be all the same color to eliminate that issue..the primer and paint will aid a bit when it comes to adhesion.. I am assuming you are dealing with the self adhesive decks, (peel and stick) the best of luck to you with your project 
I have not had the nerve to apply decks to any of my clients models in fear that over time it may begin to lift up creating a huge issue. I even tried using "scale Decks" on a build using "wood glue" as they recommend, followed the detailed instructions and after a day it peeled rite off with ZERO effort????? not sure what went wrong, maybe wood glue on plastic is a bad idea???? not sure..good luck my friend!
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Long time model builder but never took the step into using a wood deck before. I'm working on the 1/350 Trumpeter North Carolina that I started nearly 2 decades ago (whenever it was first released). I had sanded a lot of detail off the deck and put the kit on the shelf of doom until now. I picked up the Pontos wood deck to correct all the wrongs I'd done.
My question is do I need to paint all of the hatches and vents before hand or should I strip any paint to ensure the best adhesion of the sticky material? The entire deck is primed grey from when I was filling in the awful seams, so it's probably a bear to strip. I'd much rather paint the 20b, 5l, 5n, etc where I need to but I can't find much consensus on the best way to do this and fit the deck.
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