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So yesterday I primed a plastic vindicator with what I thought was testors flat black but ended up being just "black" which is pretty shiny. I've got a matte spray for finishing which I've considered spraying on now and painting over, or trying to paint over the glossy black paint and then spraying afterwards. What would you do? thanks in advance!

I'd check to see how well your paint sticks to the Vindicator. If it looks like your paint behaves no differently than it does when you're painting a matte surface, than finish the Vindicator as is and seal it all in a matte clear coat. Otherwise I'd give it a light re-priming in matte black.

Agreeing with Big Tim. I've used car paint to prime big stuff before now, occasionally it's good to go but it depends on the brand, might take an extra coat or two.

Ok, thanks guys

id soak and strip it and re-prime. But thats me. I dont trust gloss. The paint might seems to go on fine but might peel off a little over time. Gloss is the devil. THE DEVIL!!

If it comes to stripping, much luck to you! I've been trying to strip some knights for a while and they've been soaking in simple green, which I recommend. My toothbrush has never quite been the same though.

Hope you can just keep going with a matte finish!

If I thought the paint would come off easily I would strip it, I'm not in a rush to just say "meh good enough"but I've not had much luck with stripping spray paint off plastics.

You can always go over the gloss with a matte primer or a another matte product such as Testor's Dulcote to give your paint something better to stick too.

Gloss primer, in my experience, is horrible to paint. Your paint just doesn't stick and will lift off very easily.