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Flattening clear coat???? #994797
05/18/11 07:06 AM
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Anyone here paint or have had some one paint a satin finish on there car? looking for a additive to mix in clear.
Thanks, Jim

Re: Flattening clear coat???? [Re: jb15] #994798
05/18/11 08:15 AM
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If you are buying your paint from an auto paint store, they will be able to add a flattening agent when they mix your colors. Or they should be able to add it to clear.


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Re: Flattening clear coat???? [Re: rattler] #994799
05/18/11 08:18 AM
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You can buy satin clear. Great for hood black outs.

Re: Flattening clear coat???? [Re: jb15] #994800
05/18/11 08:20 AM
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Yeah I used flattening agent in the clear on my convert-one quart to a gallon of clear and it really didn't do much to dull it.Maybe a 1 to 1 ratio would work. I bought the stuff at the paint supplyer.

Re: Flattening clear coat???? [Re: badblubeee] #994801
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I have a gallon of clear I want to use,looking for a brand or product # that some of you may have tryed.
Thanks, Jim.

Re: Flattening clear coat???? [Re: badblubeee] #994802
05/18/11 08:52 AM
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the newer high solids clear coats don't flatten out that good by adding regular flattening agent.
most paint manufacturers make pre flattened clear coat just for that reason.
i know PPG has 2 different flattened clear coats.


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Re: Flattening clear coat???? [Re: Mr T2U] #994803
05/18/11 10:16 AM
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I have also tried to use flatting agent in the regular clear .
IT did not work that good you would have to use quite a bit of the stuff to make it flat . i use it 25% on the plastic satin Finnish parts on some of the foreign cars and it works OK for that .


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