Matte Colour Paint for signage

[Stewart Loy]

David,

I had the same problem this past winter. I was attempting to 'freshen up' the Carrier and needed matte paint. I was able to get into TSC (selected stores) and get flat tremclad in brown, white, and black.

I could not find yellow in matte so I was standing at a Home Hardware when the paint guy tried to help me. He listened to my story and asked if the work was inside where I could get to it with a hair dryer. I must have given him the "... and what freakin' difference would that make" look as he explained that if you spary the semi gloss paint products then get the hair dryer on them before the stuff dries it makes them quite a bit less glossy. Maybe the gloss is related to the VOCs in the paint that the warm air flashes off...??

I tried it and it worked well enough for me - especially since I have only found flat yellow in the 1/10 oz. sizes at the plastic model shops.

Good luck.


Stewart