Thread: ? Satin or flat paints

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First off, Welcome to the forum.

As for the paint, we just shot some catalized one part enamel with hardner, which we flattened to 60%, because we wanted a satin rather than flat finish. Came out great. I plan to shoot my '39 with the same enamel, also catalized, but I plan to flatten it more, to give a primer look to it.

I found out you have to shoot thin coats when doing it, because if you lay it on too wet, it still comes out shiny, regardless of how much flattener you added. We found out the hard way, and had to sand and reshoot.

Nice part about using flattened paint versus just primer is that primer shows spots from rain, bird droppings, etc, Flattened paint cleans just like regular shiny painted surfaces.

Good luck.

Don

PS: Follow the dry times and overcoat times on the can to a T, because if you don't you are asking for lifting and other problems.