Is there a simple technique for this or is there such a thing as camoflage vinyl? My uncle want to camoflage the rear quarter panel of his jeep where he made repairs to rust spots. We do have airbrushes since an auto body guy used to rent out part of our shop. I though I could try them out or is that too crazy? My other thought was HP vinyl. Thanks (be gentle)!!!
Posted by Belinda Palmer (Member # 4628) on :
Real Tree comoflage company I've been told will sell their paint and stencils of their camo patterns. I had a friend that was going to camo a suburban and that is what he told me.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Camille, Avery does sell a Real-Tree lookin' camo. But I'd be scared to buy Avery now! A local guy made leaf-lookin' cut-outs and stenciled 'em all over his Blazer with rattle cans. From a distance, it looked like Camo. He just used the standard colors. I think sprayin' would be the way to go. Love....Jill
Posted by Camille Norvaisas (Member # 501) on :
Thanks y'all - I think I miscommunicated though - what I'm thinking of is military style camo - 2 shades of green black and brown lookin stuff - seems all I can find is trees for vinyl.
Posted by Curtis hammond (Member # 2170) on :
make a dip tank..
put the vinyl under water. Drop the camo pattern on the surface. pull out the vinyl on one end and the paint will pull out with it. Thats how the pro's make camo panels.
Whala' Camo..
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Camille go to where ever around you has krylon,walmart,autozone,napa etc and pick up 1 0r 2-2can set of krylon camoflauge paint,it has directions on the back,easy technique to learn and probably the cheapest way out of it.
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
I read somewhere that the idea behind camoflage is to break up the shape (visually) of the object being painted. That is, it's not just a pattern that you apply. If you've got a National Guard or other military facility around, take that piece of info with you and look how they do thiers.
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
The colors you are looking for are; loam, od green, dk.grey........paint od green first, then add odd shaped patterns in irregular fashion with remaining two colors, remembering, like white, less is more...........good luck
Posted by shirley houston (Member # 4021) on :
Hope this helps.
Posted by Artisan Signs (Member # 3146) on :
Get a few cans of spray paint, drink a bunch of beer, and go to town. It will look great. ha ha Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
Inspiration hits!(thanks to Bob)
With the hide-the-less-than-perfect-body-work-do-it-yourself-camoflage-scheme that's so prevalent around here, one could go around photographing these trucks (why doesn't this get done to cars???) and interviewing thier owners. The styles are as numerous as the owners. Seldom do I see two the same.
Then compile it all in a big glossy coffee table type book. Dang, why is the title always the hardest part?
Posted by Mike Barnes (Member # 2277) on :
Hi Camille,
Camo paint isn't that hard, kinda like sponge painting a wall.....ya can't really mess it up. If ya don't like the way it's looking, just go back over it. Back in '87 I got a wild hair and did this to my jeep. I wanted something easy to maintain as I would often end up bending something or rolling it over while off-roading. This thing became known by many as the Beast.
All done with cheap rattle cans. I think that I spent a total of $15.00. Hey!, it WAS 1987....hehehe
Have Fun!!
[ December 21, 2004, 04:47 PM: Message edited by: Mike Barnes ]
Posted by Camille Norvaisas (Member # 501) on :
Mike thanks for the inspiration!!!!!! I'll check out the Krylon - this should be fun - I'll post pix when I do it. Thanks all!!!!!!!!!!
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
