Lately it seems that whenever I try to put the flat coat on my armor models, it always turns out glossy. I’ve been using tetors dullcoat, and usually get excellent results. I sprayed an old can on a model and had it turn out gloss, so I bought an new can, and after plenty of drying time resprayed and still got a glossy finish. I tested the new can and it made the test surface dead flat. What’s going on here? I’ve tried multiple coats and still nothing. I’ve now just resorted to spraying linseed oil over it to hopefully make it dry flat - eventually. Any help would be geatly appreciated!
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The only thing I can come up with is that you may be applying too much at one time. Are you using mist coats or wet coats “flooding” the model at one time? Humidity I don’t think would do that. It seems like (to me) the ‘flat finish’ is leveling out before it is drying. That is why I ask how much are you applying. I assume(there’s that word again[:-^]) that you are ‘shaking’ the can lots and placing it in a bowl of warm water before painting. What are you using for a gloss coat? How much dry time are you allowing before you are dull coating? If you could answer those, maybe we can figure out what is going on. Hope this helps.
Drew
Two thoughts. 1. Try Polly Scale Flat. 2. Try Tamiyas Flat Clear and mix1 part Tamiya flat clear to 4 parts Future Acrylic floor wax. Greg
If you did have a can of gloss that was marked wrong, and used it. It is very difficult to get it dead flat by going over it with anither MM clear flat. The gloss will still look like a satin finish.
Make sure you shake the can quite well also. And light coats.
You can dull the finish with black or brown artist pastels, test a section on the bottom for effectiveness.
PS pastels ground up into dust with a file… and applied with a larger dry brush
I haven’t had that problem. I always have a pretty glossy finish for decaling and spray clear flat over everything after decaling. Never had a problem with it coming out with a satin finish. I normally use either MM Acryl Clear Flat or PollyScale Clear Flat (also acrylic).
Well it sounds like it might just be that I’m putting it on to thick, I’ll admit I do go way overboard sometimes, and I’m probably not shaking it up enough. Never even heard of putting the can in a bowl of warm water before, I might just try that now [:)] I would say that I usually allow 24 hrs (sometimes a little less) for the paint to dry before clear coating. I might try some other produtcs too. Thanks for all the advice!