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paints-mixing
Posted by mavrikst5 on Thursday, March 29, 2007 5:38 PM
if you mix semi gloss blk with 10% white & flat base, you get flat blk dont you??

Mavrikcato

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  • From: Smithers, BC, Canada
Posted by ruddratt on Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:02 PM

I would think you'd get a flatter very dark grey. You can always apply a clear flat over the black if that's the effect you're looking for.

 

Mike

 "We have our own ammunition. It's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes pretty pictures....scares the hell outta people."

 

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  • From: Southeast Louisiana
Posted by Wulf on Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:18 PM

I agree.....apply black and then flat coat it. The semi gloss will go flat pretty easy.

Andy 

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  • From: Peoples Socialist Democratic Republic of Illinois
Posted by Triarius on Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:34 PM

What you get will depend on the paints you are mixing. Different brands of the same color, even as basic as black and white, have different pigment loads. What you would get from this mix is probably a shade of dark gray. The luster would depend on how much flat base  you added—could be anything from dead flat to eggshell, or even satin, depending on the binder and additives in the semigloss. For some glossy paints, killing the shine of the cured coating with a flatting agent is almost impossible.

As others have suggested, if you have a semigloss black, and want it flat, overcoat it with a clear flat. Not only is it more efficient, it's much easier! 

Ross Martinek A little strangeness, now and then, is a good thing… Wink

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