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MrDave

I appreciate all of your input.  This newbie has a lot to learn.  I think I may have finally mastered airbrushing Alclad.  At least the matte finish has worked out nicely...especially after following directions.  I also changed out my detail needle to a medium and cleaned the brush thoroughly.

I also found ut that there is a Alclad flat, duh.  I think I was expecting the matte to look like the flat.  I have ordered the flat finish so I will see.

Thanks again.  You all have been a big help.

 

Looks like you are on track, now, Dave. Good.

Yes, I was going to mention that the flattest flat Alclad has is #314 Flat which is flatter than the #313 Matte you have. Alclads product names can be confusing.

And definitely following spraying directions on the bottle. I never thought to mention needle size. You are exactly right.

Happy spraying!

I appreciate all of your input.  This newbie has a lot to learn.  I think I may have finally mastered airbrushing Alclad.  At least the matte finish has worked out nicely...especially after following directions.  I also changed out my detail needle to a medium and cleaned the brush thoroughly.

I also found ut that there is a Alclad flat, duh.  I think I was expecting the matte to look like the flat.  I have ordered the flat finish so I will see.

Thanks again.  You all have been a big help.

Alclad is mainly used for airbrushing, not handbrushing. Just saying...

Thanks Greg.  I neglected to specify that I bought Klear Kote Matte  ALC-313.

Though brushing is probably fine, Alclad is really designed to be airbrushed. (having said that, just past couple days I brushed on some Alclad gloss, the solvent-based stuff, on some detail areas.....it worked great!

Anyway, re the satin finish where you really want matte/flat, please say exactly which Alclad product your are brushing on to try to get a matte finish, Dave. Let us know and we can all get this figured out  together.

The obvious advice is airbrush it, you will get a dead flat finish if you are using the correct Alclad and you spray per Alclad's directions.