make flat paint from gloss?

Another decades old thread revived.....

Talcum powder does indeed work.  We used to use that a lot before  flat model paints became available.  I even remember using it in dope with flying models.  None of us had airbrushes back then, so I don't know if it would work in airbrushes.

 

yea.........that Red Green sign off............I miss that show.......

I'll try the Dullcote, thanks.

RotorRob60 wrote:

Is it possible to mix gloss enamel paint with something to make it a flat enamel?

There are various forms of microsilica that can be used to do this. Cab-o-sil is one brand I recall. Don't know where you would find it in small quantities, but it's probably available. (40 pound bags, I believe.)

Be aware that this is respirable silica, and therefore dangerous.

Mixing a dry flatting agent into your paint will also change the pigment load, and may affect performance of the binder. It will also reduce the viscosity.

As other have suggested, a coat of clear flat is more efficient, and probably more economical.

Ditto!

You're probably adding decals so a gloss paint is a good thing to start with since you save the step of putting a gloss coat over the flat paint to eliminate silvering. Hitting the final decalled model with Dullcote or other flat finish (NOT Tamiya's #%$#%) will blend everything together.

Why not buy a can of Testors Dullcote or any of the other flat overcoats and spray over it when you are done with the kit?  It would probably work better and provide a nice uniform effect.

No, just being cheap and lazy. I tried painting some small squares of different glossy colors and lightly sanding them. The appearance becomes somewhat flat, certainly no longer gloss.

It's been along time, but I believe it is talc powder.

You really can't find that color in flat somewhere?