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  • Member since
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  • From: WA
semi-gloss to flat
Posted by airtrans Crash on Sunday, December 21, 2008 5:51 PM

curious as to what techniques you prefer for flattening semi-gloss paint to flat?

could I just mix mr. color flat superclear with the paint?

I also read people mix a flat coat with future to dull the paint out. 

 I'd hate to get the paint thrown on in semi-gloss just to learn that it's stuck that way. lol

suggestions?

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  • From: Southern California, USA
Posted by ABARNE on Monday, December 22, 2008 3:20 PM

 airtrans Crash wrote:
curious as to what techniques you prefer for flattening semi-gloss paint to flat?

If your semi-gloss is an acrylic, you could mix Tamiya X21 Flat Base into it.  X21 Flat Base is a white "goo" that turns gloss (and naturally semi-gloss) acrylics flat.      

 airtrans Crash wrote:
could I just mix mr. color flat superclear with the paint?

I've never tried mixing a flat clear with paint to see how it would look, but I doubt that it would work.  If you have flat clear, spray it over the semi-gloss coat to flatten it.

 airtrans Crash wrote:
I also read people mix a flat coat with future to dull the paint out.

Kind of.  I mix Tamiya X21 Flat Base with Future at a ratio of 1 part Flat Base to 4 parts Future which yields a nice flat clear coat. 

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  • From: WA
Posted by airtrans Crash on Monday, December 22, 2008 5:10 PM
thanks for the tip abarne, I use tamiya and mr. hobby paints. I'll probably spray it with the 1:4 flat to future mix and hit it after done painting.
 A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. ~George William Curtis
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