Anytime you are planning on doing some masking with tape, you will want to spray that area with testors semi-gloss, you can then apply flat over the smi-gloss. plain old flat doesnt seem to seal as well, and you'll rip the paint right off your prop when you mask unless you use the semi-gloss first. You should also "kill" the tape by running it across your leg a couple of times to remove some of the tack, you can still tear paint off even in you sprayed with semi-gloss, so use care, (Ihad alot of problems with this on my bucket.) If you are not going to do any masking on an area, you don't necessarily have to use the semi-gloss, but its still a good idea. I think testors makes a couple different flat finnishes. I have one that is called "dull coat" and annother that is called "lusterless flat" there is maybe some difference between them, but I can't really tell the diff when sprayed on something. although the "dull coat does seem to seal a bit better. hope that helps a bit
Damian
