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Hello all,

i've been trying to find a source for paint, that can provide a flat or satin finish.

i've seen some guys use flat rustoleum to give their truck an old time look.

rustoleum has very limited colors in their flat line up.

Anyone know of other paint suppliers that might make automotive finish with flat or satin finish?

i see to recall from a conversation many years ago, an old body man told me something about adding agents to the paint to make it flat???

any ideas?

thanks

brian

ps. looking for a flat yellow and cream. just want to try something different.

Well, PPG and others make a flat clear. You can spray basecoat of ANY color you like then topcoat it with a dull clearcoat.
The PPG number would be dcu2065.

You can take a single stage urethane and add flattner to the paint to make any precent gloss you like. There is NO said stand by formula to achieve a flat shine, as the ratio varies from hardner to hardner etc.

Personally I wouldnt use the rustoleum as its same type of enamel based paint. Enamel is outdated and an urethane product will outlast enamel...Eric

I'd suggest going the first option suggested by sevt_chevelle: i.e. base and a flat clear. That is unless you're pretty confident in your painting ability.

Unlike a gloss that you can buff to make look good hiding the imperfections a single stage satin to me was one of the hardest paints I've ever sprayed. I used an Omni pre-flattened that I can probably still find the source for if you want.

I have not used them, but here is a source for flat automotive paint.


http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/ksflatz.aspx

thanks guys, i never knew there was a flat clear coat. i'll give it a try. i like that idea, then i can paint all the colors (thinking two tone) then do clear over all to get better match.

Or........just have color added to your primer.