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Hi all,

Just finished painting a couple of guardians which I proceeded to varnish with Vallejo satin from the same pot. I varnished one guardian last week and he came out nicely Matt-satin (same as everything else I've done with this varnish) however the guardian I varnished tonight came out super shiny, practically gloss. 1) anyone else had this or know why it occurs? 2) anyone got a suggestion for toning him down?

Shake the bottle more and satin varnish him again to repair the gloss

Did you shake shake shake?


I have done exactly that before and it was fixed when i shook the varnish.

I'm pretty sure I gave it a good shake, but I may have forgotten. Will try again tomorrow, thanks for the replies.

Ghetto paintshakers are amazing for stuff that really needs it;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtMLHFV-hVA