help!!!! Please

joey_c · 21-06-2008

ok, i'm going to sound really silly saying this, but

i bought a model of ebay a halcyon model and i was looking at the instructions to construct the model, and i came across the painting guide and found two phrases i hadn't read/heard before and was puzzled about their meaning and was wondering if anybody could tell me what they mean they are:

Flat Back and Flat Coat

i would really appreciate it if there was someone who could tell me the meaning of these, thanks

glenn buckner · 21-06-2008

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Originally Posted by joey_c

ok, i'm going to sound really silly saying this, but

i bought a model of ebay a halcyon model and i was looking at the instructions to construct the model, and i came across the painting guide and found two phrases i hadn't read/heard before and was puzzled about their meaning and was wondering if anybody could tell me what they mean they are:

Flat Back and Flat Coat

i would really appreciate it if there was someone who could tell me the meaning of these, thanks

Hi Joey not sure about flat back might be a type-o, "flat coat" your finnish should be in flat, hope this helps Glenn

Dingo · 21-06-2008

Flat Black is just that, it does have a gloss finish to it and a flat coat is a clear coat that goes over the top of any flat paint and a flat paint could be said to be a dull paint. Hope this also helps.

joey_c · 22-06-2008

thanks for your help, looking at the booklet i was given, and the painting guide, it says paint each part a certain colour etc, it says paint this piece h12 and the code h12 refers on the paint guide to flat back, so i'm like what?!?!
it says it as though flat back (no spelling error btw) is a colour, but there is also a h2 which refers to black, and a h8 refers to flat coat, doesn't make any sense

, mind you it says it was made in 1989 so terminology can be confusing

glenn buckner · 22-06-2008

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Originally Posted by joey_c

thanks for your help, looking at the booklet i was given, and the painting guide, it says paint each part a certain colour etc, it says paint this piece h12 and the code h12 refers on the paint guide to flat back, so i'm like what?!?!
it says it as though flat back (no spelling error btw) is a colour, but there is also a h2 which refers to black, and a h8 refers to flat coat, doesn't make any sense

, mind you it says it was made in 1989 so terminology can be confusing

what brand of paint are they telling you to use? glenn

joey_c · 28-06-2008

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Originally Posted by glenn buckner

what brand of paint are they telling you to use? glenn

it doesn't actually specify which paints to use, at the moment i am using humbrol model paint, it tells me at one of the instructions to paint a part flat back (which i presume is flat black), and to flat coat it

glenn buckner · 28-06-2008

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Originally Posted by joey_c

it doesn't actually specify which paints to use, at the moment i am using humbrol model paint, it tells me at one of the instructions to paint a part flat back (which i presume is flat black), and to flat coat it

Hi Joy I found out what flat back means It's a Japanese to English error. It's flat black . Glenn

vnkiwi · 29-06-2008

Hi Joey,
The above replies may well be right, but according to my panel beater friends, the term 'flat back' is to lightly sand the previous coat(s) (wet with wet&dry paper) prior to applying the next or top coat.
vnkiwi

joey_c · 01-07-2008

thanks glen, i got the flat blck all worked out, and done the parts that needed flat black, all i need to do now is figure out what flat coat means :s, i have an idea that it'l want me to precoat the object before the final paint over, but what to coat it with?

alan2525 · 01-07-2008

I've always read "flat coat" as referring to a matt varnish. Normally you'd "flat coat" after applying decals to help protect them.

Also in the context you wouldn't "flat back" as in flatted the paint back so you have a matt surface ready to apply the next coat of top coat, unless you were paining a 1-1 car door or something!