What shoudl I paint the dash with that will not glare but has UV protection?

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I know from going to car shows that I don't want the dash to be shinny or you get bad glare on the inside of the windshield.

I was going to just shoot SPI black epoxy and then clear it with some clear with flattener in it.
However talking to a guy at a car show that had flat clear on his car he said you can never buff out scratches with flat clear or it turns shinny.

I doubt I could even fit the buffer between the dash pad and the inner windshield (this is a 67' Chevelle BTW)

But I still don't want something that shows scratches.

Another issue is how long I should wait before I flat clear the epoxy since epoxy is so shinny the first few days after it is shot.

Any ideas???
 
Any flat, be it clear or single stage color can't be buffed or polished. It will turn shinier.
 
For one, you need to remove the windshield to do a decent paint job on the dash top. Secondly, just use a flattened urethane product on a properly prepped surface and don't worry about scratches. That area is not in harm's way very often, it should not be too much of a concern.
 
Just an idea, but Alsa Corp makes a clearcoat that is flat and soft feeling. I did the metal interior parts of my doors with it and I am really pleased. I sprayed black b/c and sprayed one coat of u/v clear to give it some uv protection and followed up with two coats of the soft feel clear. Once it is dried it is pretty scratch resistant.
 
That looks great. Thanks for taking the time to post.
 
The SPI Matte Clear would work good here. Had a client use this last week and he had excellent result in the look he needed for a dealer car.
 
A urethane Single stage with flattener will provide the best durability (think scratch resistance) and lifespan. I've also used DuPont 1K interior colors as they can be used on both vinyl and epoxy primer. Sometimes reds, tans, greys, etc.. are difficult to match in SS urethane and the formulated interior colors are an easy way to go-just not as durable.
 
I did the dash of sidetracked with flattened clear, I was worried about scratching it up as well, so far so good, and as stated above, really need windshield out to do a good job.
 
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