flat clear with future

From Swanny's The complete Future:

      1 part flat base to 3 parts Future = very flat
      1 part flat base to 10 parts Future = flat
      1 part flat base to 15 parts Future = satin
If you get too much of anybody's flat base on the surface of your model you run the risk of making it all go white. No thinning is required just make sure it is well mixed.

Hope this helps!

G'day mate!!!! Yeah I had the same thing happen to me last night. I am building an old 1/72 Airfix Swordfish and was going to use the Tamiya flat base with my acrylic gloss(can't get future down under) floor polish and the same thing happened it started getting frosty before it was getting dead flat. Maybe if you put in a 70/30 mix, summit a lil stronger than the 80/20 semigloss and build it up? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE on a scrap model or pieces of models before you shoot the final product is all I can honestly say. I did however brush on Humbrol Matte Cote over my floor polish and deliberately put it on rather heavy to see if it would frost the polish, but it didn't! So I think I might use this, an enamel over acryl!!!??? Just experiment and try anything, just as long as its a test piece!

Cheers, simpilot34

I've tried it but don't care for it. No ratio I tried would get the coat flat enough for me before it frosted. On my sherman I kept adding flat base and trying the coat until I got the look I wanted but right about 50/50 the tank frosted over and I had to reshoot pure future to get the color back. I then shot it with Polyscale and called it good.

I have a favorite semi-gloss that I use it for. It's an 80/20 mix and works well.