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Posted by dadiOH on June 13, 2005, 8:24 am
jeffc wrote:
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>>>
>>> Enamel is a harder finish.
>>> Doesn't matter if latex or oil. It doesn't need to have gloss to be
>>> an enamel.
>>
>> I challenge you to show us a flat enamel.
>
> Dang, as soon as I say that I check it out just to be sure. There
> are flat enamels. News to me.
In oil paints at least, all start life as glossy. Adding a flatting
agent - talc, usually - in varying amounts is what changes the sheen.
Used to be that paint stores actually sold talc so you could mix
whatever sheen you wanted; nowadays, they don't even know what flatting
powder is.
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dadiOH
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