does anyone here spray with Matte finish and then clear?

[foxbat426]

Just wondering if anyone here sprays car bodys with a matte finish and then the clear coat for the shine. I find matte finish enamel drys faster than gloss or semi gloss and seems to be easier to spray than a gloss enamel paint. just wondering.

thx, john

[kitbash1]

I do, but only with certain colours such as white, black, yellow and red. These colours seem to work better with the clear.

[MikeyB08]

I'm actually transitioning to doing this. I have such a hard time holding my distance for gloss paint that it's uneven.

[MeatMan]

Great idea. I've seen it on 1:1's but never considered it.

[~Mark~]

I've found that mats and flats can gloss up perfectly. It was a trick Uncle Sam (real name) from my favorite LHS showed me.

[cobraman]

I have done it at times.

[foxbat426]

Hey mark whats the trick he showed you?? is it spraying with with gloss after painting with flats and mattes?? Mikey, i agree - its much harder for me to spray gloss from the start vs. a matte or flat and then the clear. Mattes and flats (enamels or i guess any type of paint for that matter) are much less forgiving, drip less and dry much faster IMO. I found this out totally by accident when doing a 69 judge gto, i thought the paint i was airbrushing was a testors gloss green and it turned out to be a flat green. At the time i was pissed and instead of removing the paint and starting over, i just did a clear coat over it and it came out beautiful!! I'm going to try it out on my next build.

[Erik Smith]

Yes. Some of the Tamiya flat sprays are not available in gloss and take a gloss very well. I also have used Tamiya white primer and just cleared over that. I like flats as they seem to hold edges better - it's probably just my imagination, but still...

[foxbat426]

hey eric, was that honda s800 you did done in flat and then cleared?? - beautiful job!!

john

[Erik Smith]

hey eric, was that honda s800 you did done in flat and then cleared?? - beautiful job!!

john

No. That was Duplicolor base and clear. I haven't used any matte finish metallics.

[JTalmage]

Done it a few times too back when I built more cars and built them faster than I do now. I'd have a can of gloss not acting right (cheap dollar store paint) and so I'd hit it with flat, then a gloss clear, worked like a charm. Did a '70 Chevelle that way when I was a teenager...