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Flat paint - Starting to wonder why I bother....
Posted by TB6088
on Saturday, November 24, 2007 12:23 AM
As I fumble my way along in this hobby, and listen to the rest of you, I have learned the importance of laying down clear gloss coats (like future) over a base coat to prepare for masking, decaling, applying washes, or to seal metal finishes, as well as the use of clear flat or semi-gloss coats (like Pollyscale) to fix pastel weathering and/or achieve a desired final finish. It seems common for there to be various layers of clear coat laid down between the several stages of painting/weathering/finishing. Makes perfect sense and it works. Given all of this, however, I have started wondering why I use paint with flat finishes at all. Maybe I'm missing something fundamental here (and if I am, please enlighten me), but it seems that I might be better off altering my approach to just use gloss paints for base coats. That would provide a good surface for masking, decaling, and washes without an intermediate clear gloss coat. Also, since the final finish is accomplished by laying down the final clear flat, semi-gloss, or gloss coats (as the case may be), I don't see the point in laying down base coats using flat paints--- they just get covered over anyway. Am I making any sense? TomB
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