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Flattening clear coat????

Posted By: jb15

Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 11:06 AM

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
Posted By: rattler

Re: Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 12:15 PM

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.
Posted By: AdamR

Re: Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 12:18 PM

You can buy satin clear. Great for hood black outs.
Posted By: badblubeee

Re: Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 12:20 PM

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.
Posted By: jb15

Re: Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 12:48 PM

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.
Posted By: Mr T2U

Re: Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 12:52 PM

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.
Posted By: cjs69mope

Re: Flattening clear coat???? - 05/18/11 02:16 PM

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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