When I spotted this bottle of “flat clear” in their Akryl (acrylic) section at the hobby story I knew something is fishy. This stuff is white, not clear. White as a tacy glue, you can’t see through it. “Advanced chemistry”- I thought. It looks white in the bottle but dries clear like that tacky glue.
Well, it doesn’t and I tried it straight from the bottle and thinned with 80% thinner.
This stuff covers your model with a subtle (but very obvious) white residue. In fact, my T34 tank which is supposed to be green, is looking more grey right now.
There must have been some kind of misunderstanding. The finish is the flattest I have ever seen; it’s dead flat. Nevertheless, flat clear is supposed to be flat clear.
By the sounds of things what you have there is a Flat Agent. It is mixed with gloss and semi-gloss paints to create a flat paint. You can also mix it with Future to create a dull cote. It’s not meant to be used directly.
No, Testors does not make flat agent; I know what you are talking about; I have seen the flat agent from Tamiya. Testors has nothing of the kind in their “Acryl” brand.
The instructions for the Testors substance call for “thinning with their special thinner” if needed.
There was a time when I bought some Testors paint and was not sure of what they had labeled it. The color was wrong on two different bottles and I sent them back to Testors and they resolved my problem by sending me the correct items plus. You might consider that.
funny, i just put 2 coats of mm acryl clear flat on the bird below and had no problems whatsoever. i thinned mine with distilled water and not alot of that. it looks more like milk in the bottle than clear coat, but mine came out fine. later.
this is the bird covered with about 5 thin coats of future.
not to sound insulting or condescending, but did everything underneath get a chance to cure completely? I’ve not had this problem, but I’ve heard that if you put any sort of clear over paint that has not yet completely cured it can cause clear coat fo fog or take on a milky appearance…
I’ve used Testors Acryl Flat for a while now with no problems…
I too haven’t had any problems with the stuff. I haven’t tried the gloss or the semi yet, though I have them both, but they all look the same color and consistency in the jar, and I have to double check the labels…I always liked the ease of use, and the fact it goes from milky white to matte is cool!! I hope you can get it worked out though MonsterZero, as it took me a long time to figure out future and everyone else was talking it up…I was over here cussing it out!!! I think I finally did it though, so hopefully you can come up with a solution as well!!!
