I did something today that Neil always says to do... I did a test spray
Not only for compatibility but also for the sheen, or shininess if there is such a word.
I sprayed some of the ACM black on a test piece of cardboard and let it dry overnight. Oops, I lied... I should have wrote I finished something today that I started yesterday.
So today I masked off the left two-thirds of the test spray area and sprayed on some Krylon gloss clear coat. Then I taped off the right two-thirds of the spray area and sprayed on some Krylon matte clear coat.
After drying you can really see the difference. I tried my best to capture it in this picture but it really doesn't do it justice. The matte is just flat. The middle area is just the paint and I think it would be about the same if I had sprayed it with some satin but I didn't have any. Then right area is gloss and is it ever shiny! Far to shiny for this project.
I had pretty much decided to go matte but after typing this I am now wondering what would satin actually look like? That has triggered my OCD so I will have to go to Hobby Lobby and purchase the non-UV stable satin clear coat they have there at the way-to-high price of 9.99 plus tax. Prices weren't too bad when there was the 40% off coupon. Wish there was somewhere else to get it. For example the matte is under 5 bucks at Wally World, just sayin'. Well time to stop the whine, here's the photo:
More to come,
-Bob
Edit: I got side-tracked there about HL prices. The reason why I need to see satin is because I remember there use to be four "degrees" of shininess: flat, satin, semi-gloss, and glossy. So using that scale I would say my spray out is flat, semi gloss and glossy. I must see satin before I spray the missile flat.