Help with paint
 

Hello I was hoping someone could help me out, I bought a gallon of khaki green no 3 from the UK . At the time I was able to have it sent in a sea can with some vehicles that were purchased by someone else , unfortunately I do not have that option now and I need more paint I’ve tried to have lordco match it and the other paint suppliers I’ve talked to cannot match a flat paint . I can send a colour sample if need be , can anyone help me out with a address or a number of a supplier that will be able to match the colour or carries this colour Thank you Troy

I feel you pain. Any of the flat colours are not liked by the modern scanners.

The only solution I have had success with is to cover a sample with clear gloss and have it sampled.

Once the paint produced has been matched and applied I have used a flat clear to go over the top to end up with the colour and lack of sheen you desire.

Long way around and not your desired answer I am sure

Good answer actually
 

Hi Troy

Robin's answer is just about what I would have said, I've gone the same route with both OD and Tan used on CMPs. Because I don't like having paint fade I only use high end paint, like Dupont, expensive but you can come back 5 years later and the paint will match.

Now to the topic of flat vs high gloss. To start with, don't use the hardener it will make the paint gloss. I don't put any flatter in the first coat, in the 2nd I had 10% - 15% flattened.

What color are you working with?

Cheers Phil

Flat paint
 

Lots of the Street Rodders are now using flat paint. there even is a company Flatz for flat paint. Newc

Hmm never thought about clearing the colour then taking it to get scanned . Iam using what’s supposed to be khaki green no 3 , it really sucks you can’t have paint shipped from the Uk , my fault I should have bought 2 containers of it . So after you spray it you put a flattening agent in the clear . Guess I’ll try that .

Often times gloss paint can be flattened by choice of reducer.
Adding xylene, toluene, gasoline or different speed reducers will affect the sheen of the paint.
I found that the quicker the paint flashes off the flatter it gets.

Silica
 

The paint factories typically used Silica powder to flatten enamel military paint in the old days, the Silica gave that slightly powdery textured finish to the dried paint - it would soak up oil stains like nothing else. You can still buy the powdered Silica in bulk from hobby/pottery suppliers. I have a excellent article on how to make your own flat military paints , in an old ARMY MOTORS from around 1980.Here we are https://www.norglass.com.au/products/flattening-agent

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