I’ve heard of people mixing future with tamiya dullcoat or powdered talc to get a dull finish, but my local hobby shops don’t carry tamiya products and I’m too nervous to try the talc trick.
I have some testors matte lacquer, but I’ve heard that it yellows and until I get a respirator, I’m trying to avoid harsh chemicals as much as I can.
Thanks!
Lately I’ve been using Humbrol Matt Cote in the little tin. I thin it with laquer thinner and have excellent results. I’ve heard wonderful things about Polly Scale clear flat, but haven’t been able to put my hands on any as of yet. Model Master is supposed to make an acrylic flat that should be okay to use as well. I’m sure other guys will be here pretty quickly with other excellent solutions. Best of luck!
Testorss Dulcote in a rattle can or in a bottle that you can thin with lacquer thinner and spray through your airbrush. I have used it exclusively for years and had no problems with yellowing or anything else.
Do you mix these things with future or are these supposed to be used right out of the tin?
The only flat that you mix with Future is the Tamiya flat base. It’s not a flat coat, so you can’t put it on directly, you’ve got to mix it with an acrylic, and Future makes a very nice carrier for it. The rest of this stuff, you mix with thinner and spray or paint on your model.
Pollyscale flat or Vallejo flat are the best around IMHO.
Be careful with the use of Future/Tamiya flat base as the wrong rtio will end up casuing frosty spots on your model.
I beleive Swanny on his “Complete Future” website has correct ratios to give varying degrees of sheen.
cheers
Mike
I’ve used Dullcote, the Tamiya flatbase, MM flat, and so far have settled on PollyS flat. Its acrylic also, so much safer. Sprays right out of the bottle so no mixing needed.
I use Testors Dullcote exclusively for my flat finishes. Never had a problem with it, and it goes on over Future quite well.
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Good point.
1 part Flat Base to 4 parts Future gives a nice flat finish that won’t frost up.
If one uses less Future, there is a risk of frosting.
Andy
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Tamiya XF-21 flat base in Future works well but you said your LHS doesn’t carry Tamiya.
Testors Model Master Acryl Clear Flat also works well but the finish is not dead flat.
I recently tried Pollyscale Clear Flat at the recommendation of many people and I’ll stick with it. It works very well.
All three of these are acrylic, not laquer. I do not like laquer clear coats, but that’s just my personal preference.
thanks a lot guys!
Don’t be nervous about using talc…I’ve used it for many years…Just put a small pinch in a couple drops on a palette and mix well…Use it on a test piece and you’ll see its a piece of cake to make your own and you can make any gloss or simi-gloss paint flat!.. I promise you that!..“RC” [C):-)]
Avoid Tamiya Flat Base. Worst product on the planet. Think about it…here’s a dulling agent you have to mix, just so, with a gloss agent to get a flat finish…Whaen there are multiple other products that need no such mixing! Who came up with that idea?
As with Gino, I’ve used Dull Coat shot through an AB for years with no yellowing. Polly S works well if you prefer an acrylic.
I have tried many supposed 'Flat Coatsin my time, and none of them came upto my expectations.
I model WWII a/c, and weather them to suit decent amounts of usage (clean and sparkly a/c give me the ****s).
The only thing I found that I feel suits my models is the Tamiya base and Future.
I feel the biggest plus of this is the diversity you can get.
From 2 products costing a total of naff all, you have all your finishes from gloss to dead flat.
And they last a hell of a long time.
Each to their own I guess[swg]
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Think about it…here’s a dulling agent you have to mix, just so, with a gloss agent to get a flat finish…Whaen there are multiple other products that need no such mixing! Who came up with that idea?[/limegreen]
[size=3][/size=3You don’t have to “Mix just so”… All you do is put a small pinch of Talcum powder on top of Any gloss paint and mix it till its dissolved into the paint and its Flat. you can put in a little thinner if you think its too thick, only takes a second to do…You can make “any” gloss paint flat in a minute!..And any color!
If you’ve got a need for a flat finish and you don’t have flat paint, you don’t have to run to the LHS and buy some…You can mix your own and pick up some flat next time your in town…This has been used for many years and that is how the company’s make their paints flat too[:)]…“RC”[C):-)]
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I was talking about Tamiya’s flat base, not talc.
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Am I the only one that uses Krylon Matte Finish 1311 to put a matte finish on my models? I pick it up a big 11 oz. can cheap at the arts & crafts store two blocks away from me. The can says, “Eliminates Glossy Sheen, Creates a Soft, Satin Finish.”
A little “whoosh”, a little drying time and I have an instant and cheap matte finish for my models that will rival the little expensive can of Testors Matte Finish. I’ve used it for years with no yellowing.
Buy one can of the Krylon Matte Finish and with the money you save you can buy a couple of bottles of paint.