[markeb01]

The problem I have with flattened urethane paint is the cost and the amount of work needed, to create something that is suppose to look like an early low budget primer job. I did Blitz Black because it was cheap and can be sprayed over just about anything. With urethane, the substrates need to be compatible all the way to bare metal, which means the same amount work and expense as any high dollar paint job.

There’s also the difficulty of arriving at the exact level of gloss/flatness. Hot Rod Flatz claims to be blended and packaged with the desired level of gloss, but for anyone mixing flattening agent into gloss paint, consistency can be difficult to achieve for an amateur painter (and apparently many professional as well). For a couple of years before I painted my truck I spoke with every owner I could find that was running flat or low gloss paint jobs. Those with the high end urethane jobs had most of the horror stories about how many times they had to reshoot the car or truck to get the all over uniform finish they wanted. This might be due to differences in the paint, but I think it’s mostly because those that shoot urethane have so much labor and money invested they are driven to have the results come out looking perfect, just like with a high gloss finish.