Two layers with "dissolve"

I'm on CS3 with OS10.4.11
I have a photoshop document where I had two layers each with a shape of solid colour. In the top layer I had blend mode "Dissolve" and then reduced its opacity to get the speckled/distressed look.
If I merge the two layers or flatten the document the end result is softer and blurry; it loses the sharpness which is visible in the original format.
Is there any way I can flatten it and keep the sharpness?

View at 100% (View>Actual Pixels) to see how the Dissolve Blend Mode will look when flattened.

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2 (
3 select /*+ ORDERED */ sdo_geom.sdo_intersection(a.geometry, b.geometry, 0.05) from
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2 (
3 select /*+ ORDERED */ sdo_geom.sdo_intersection(a.geometry, b.geometry, 0.05) from
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2097
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