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MM flat Acrylic Clear-how to avoid frosting??

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Wulf

Member since
February 2006
From: Southeast Louisiana

Posted by Wulf on Friday, April 25, 2008 5:06 PM

MM acryl clear is VERY flat. I mix 2 parts semi gloss acryl with 1 part flat. This will give you a clean, invisible flat coat and will not frost up if too much is applied.

Andy

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Tojo72

Member since
March 2003
From: Western North Carolina

Posted by Tojo72 on Friday, April 25, 2008 4:14 PM

thanks everybody,will give the suggestions a try

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ABARNE

Member since
February 2003
From: Southern California, USA

Posted by ABARNE on Friday, April 25, 2008 1:36 PM

Make sure your flat is well mixed. Spray light even coats. If the flat coat pools up, often in corners, from too heavy a coat, oftentimes frosting will occur.

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HawkeyeHobbies

Member since
August 2006
From: Neenah, WI

Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Friday, April 25, 2008 9:14 AM

Keep your pressure low. Avoid spraying on a humid day. Hold your airbrush close.

Are you just doing the decals or the whole model. If it is just the decals, apply the flat with a brush.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

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Grifter123

Member since
December 2005
From: Mint Hill, NC

Posted by Grifter123 on Friday, April 25, 2008 8:06 AM

I've been spraying MM and PollyScale acrylic clear flat for years and have never had it frost. I don't do anything special, just spray away.