Flat Coat Looks Milky!

If you have stirred it well and thinned it, I can only think of two possible causes. The first being that humidity is very high and it is not drying properly, or you may be laying it on too thick. I have had both things cause it for me.

I've just put a very light mist coat on my CH 46 and that is looking better with the Matt Coat.

I'll give it another coat later and see how it goes.

Thanks for the advice.

Karl

could be a thinner problem too....some brands dont "play well" with others.....I began using rattle can clear coats...the Tamiya ones work really nice...setlle in real nice to the panel lines...no mixing no worries....if you dont like the can...decant them and the use your AB...

good luck

carlos

The reason it looks milky is that there is too much "flat medium" building up on your model...all flat coats are is transparent "rough" pigment to diffuse light from your model...when these particles build up too thick they give the model a chalky appearance...as for why?  Could be a number of reasons... 

Manstein's revenge

The reason it looks milky is that there is too much "flat medium" building up on your model...all flat coats are is transparent "rough" pigment to diffuse light from your model...when these particles build up too thick they give the model a chalky appearance...as for why?  Could be a number of reasons... 

could be a problem with the CATalyst....you know fast their reaction times can be.....

c

Thanks for the comments guys, I really hadn't considered the problem would be thinning related.

Something about being too close to the problem!

I mixed up a fresh batch of Gunze Flat & Tamiya Thinner, at a ration of 1:2 varnish to thinner and applied that to an old kit I'd painted gloss black.

Et voila...

.......nice  flat finish, and no speckling.

Thanks