[WWI] Gloss and flat finishes The solution

[marc flake]

MrT said: "Went to the artists painting area and found a Krylon apparently
enamel product, Matt, guaranteed not to yellow."
 
Nooooooo!  I hope I'm not too late.  I've ruined two models with Krylon flat.  I thought the first one was ruined because it had not properly dried or because it was used over acrylics, but the second was ruined even though the enamel paint had been drying for a week.  The spray eats through the paint, cracks it up and etches the plastic underneath.  Really weird and scifi like.
 
Did you look for Ceramcoat's Clear flat?  I have bought a bottle, but haven' tried using it yet.  I usually use Gunze Sangyo, but my supply is running low and it doesn't look like I'll be able to replenish it.  I have NEVER had any luck with PollyScale flat.  I used it on the HMS Dreadnought which ended up looking like it had taken a trip to Murmansk in December.  I also used it on an aircraft, which got so frosted I had to completely strip it and start over.  Last month I tried adding Tamiya Flat Base to Tamiya Clear Gloss and totally frosted an SE 5a I was working on.  Looked like a Russian WW2 type aircraft in Winter distemper.  That also had to be stripped.
 
Marc Flake
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