PC: Flat paint finishes

["Chris Osterhus" <su_carbs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>As for atomizing solvent based paint, that's part of the reason I use 
the
>new paint formulations almost exclusively.  However, I still like a 
solvent
>based paint for the flat finish.  I haven't been able to find a water 
based
>flat finish that gives a truly dead flat finish.  I like to weather 
with
>chalks more than with the airbrush. A flat finish with the Floquil 
product
>provides a great deal of "tooth" for the chalk to adhere to.  The Model
>Flex and Polly Scale flat finishes are more accurately described as a 
satin
>finish, and don't hold the chalk as well.

About flat finishes...I've been using Pactra acrylics for my model car 
projects. The flat colors can be brushed on very thin, and dries truly 
dead flat. If it is thinned with water, the brush strokes disappear!

--Chris Osterhus


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