Flatten my paint

[jetjames]

Evening all. I've finally finished painting and am polishing out all the peel and swirls from the last rub down but, obviously, it's coming up far to shiney for what I'm after. Is there a product that I can seal the new paint but also dull it up a bit? Thought I'd read about a 'flat wax' a while ago but can't find anything. Failing that what else can I do to

Cheers

[VIP]

Either a rub down with 2000 grit wet'n'dry, or painting with a satin lacquer.

[86corolla]

If you have used gloss laquer then it will always come back shiny no matter what you do...
The only way around it is to use a matt or satin laquer.
If you try and dull down gloss laquer it well never look good...

[DavidB]

Yes, it's called Vauxhall Flame Red.

[baggabones]

Feb 23, 2015 13:44:02 GMT DavidB said:

Yes, it's called Vauxhall Flame Red.

Yup! Vauxhall pink is deffo the way forward failing that, as said matt or satin lacquer blow over

[turbotechnics]

Now the peel has been flattened out, 3000 grit trizact on a D.A sander then lightly t-cut by hand. Thats how we do it at work when we need to replicate a faded/old paint finish.

[jetjames]

Thanks for all the input. Should've elaborated more in the initial post that it was a rustoleum job. 3-4 coats rolled and final blow with the gun (over the space of 1 year!)

Was never wanting a shiney shiney car, I sold one of those as I spent more time cleaning than driving, just wanted this colour and an aged look. Moving house in 2 weeks so no time for any more spraying/laquer and want glass back in before it goes into a container. Will get pics tomorrow

[luckygti]

Be interested to see this as I'm in the process of prepping for paint with rustoleum,