Paint Question for you painters

[barefoot]

As I posted last week I'm starting to paint my first car. The issue is this, I decided to do a couple of practice shots because me being a green horn. My question is I want to have a suede type finish on the car. My problem is I'm using two stage paint and was told from the PPG that I can add flattner to the clear to make it that suede finish that I'm going after. I have tried it with flattner with no luck. I called my brother in law who is friends with a top painter and he said to dust the clear on. I tried that still it is way to glossy. I even added more flattner than told with glossy results. What to do? I have heard that I should forget the two stage paint and go for a one stage with extra accelerator to flatten the gloss. Any and all help would be very helpful. I decided to hold off painting this weekend till I can straighten this issue out, but I have to do it next weekend. I'm renting a booth. So help.

Thanks

[hellcatchoppers]

the only thing i can say is if you want that kind of look you have to add an ass loud of flatner i would mix up anough to do your car but dont add hardner just clear, reducer, and flatner that way you can do a spay out and it will dry alot faster and keep adding flatner until you get the look you want or you can get a base clear that you can add to just the color and if you add enough it will give you a little shine but not alot
hope this helps

[Tinbender]

Use PPG Flexed & Flat clear.(it's a clear for semi gloss bumpers) Flattening agents suck.
If you "dust" on the clear, you'll end up with a surface that looks like sand & if you start leaving out hardeners, or adding other "home brew" crap, you'll end up with a fuckin mess to strip off.

[lownslow]

ppg has a flat clear i think.....but i agreee with tinbender.....on all points he made.......if you do go with that look i hope you never have to touch it up..as it is a bitch to get it to match.....alot of variables go into a sheen....air pressure, amount of paint laid down in a single pass, temperature, humidity.....good luck..everytime i get someone who wants a finish like that i turn it down...too much to deal with for me...good luck......