stencils for camo

[+MrJim005]

Does anyone know where to get stencils for camo painting?

 

Thank You

[+StarBrand]

From my front yard, I use leaves and grass - shifted around a bit for a few different colors. Got good results.

[+JohnTee]

Does anyone know where to get stencils for camo painting?

 

Thank You

 

Rough up the outside of the can with sand paper

Clean up the outside of your can with soap and water

Paint our can a background color, say, brown

Lay leaves, grass, leaves, etc. on the can and shoot another color

You can do this in layers with different materials

 

JohnTee

[+beachside]

I spray an olive drab basecoat followed by splotches of flat brown with whisps of black (all Krylon Cammo) a-la US Army circa 1970s - 1980s.

[+briansnat]

I use leaves sometimes and sometimes I just freehand it.

 

The one in the front was done using an oak leaf and the one in the rear was freehanded

 

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Edited January 26, 2007 by briansnat

[+JoGPS]

Just got some way cool stencils from Sissy-n-CR.com and they are very high quality

 

Joe

[+two left feet]

I went to a hobby/craft store and went to the artificial flowers area. Picked up some ivy, fern and others pretty cheap. You can reuse them over and over as the paint just dries on them. They are better than stencils with much more detail.

[+sbell111]

I use Rustoleum's Camoflage flat spray paint in three colors, olive green, khaki, and earth brown.

 

First, I paint over all the writing and any surface rust with olive green. You don't have to worry about painting the entire can because the original paint is good quality. When you are done with this step, you will have a completely green can. BTW, I don't presand my cans. I have not experienced any adhesion problems and the paint covers any military markings well.

 

Next, I lay out leaves on one side of the can. Don't put too many on, or you won't get enough color on the can. I typically use branches from a 'burning bush' next to our deck, but its best to use something from the area that you wish to hide the can in.

 

I then spray wavy diagonal lines of khaki and earth brown.

 

When that is dried, I flip the can lay out the leaves on another side and paint away. I generally try to make my khaki and brown meet at the same spot where the sides intersect. This helps break up the hard corner, in my opinion.

 

Keep doing this until all six sides of the can have been painted.

 

[+One of the Texas Vikings]

I use dark green paint, then glue on camo burlap, shred it a bit.

long lasting and very difficult to find...

 

 

Rick

[+cachenut06]

 

 

thats a beautiful paint job! If i stumbled upon that i doubt id notice it except for maybe logs or abnormal rocks. Nice job!

[+sbell111]

thats a beautiful paint job! If i stumbled upon that i doubt id notice it except for maybe logs or abnormal rocks. Nice job!

Thanks.

[Opus58]

They sell 'cammo duct tape' at Canadian Tire and other stores.

[+geocacher_coza]

My Camo Containers!

 

 

I use dark green paint, then glue on camo burlap, shred it a bit.

Will have to try this one next!

Edited January 31, 2007 by geocacher_coza

[+Arndtwe]

http://sissy-n-cr.com/store.shtml this place works well

[+sbell111]

this place works well

They don't carry a camo-pattern stencil.

[+welch]

If you don't like the grass/leaves idea, you could do what I've done once or twice. Cut the sides off an old cereal box, then cut some random shapes out of the middle. Use earth tones that match your intented hiding spot if possiable, change colors and rotate the 'stencils' as you got so theres not any sort of pattern.

[+Iowa Tom]

Often times, instead of painting PVC or plastic (the paint rubs off) I do a deliberately sloppy job of wrapping the cache with camouflaged duct tape. I wrinkle it etc. Then I paint that. The tape fades to cyan if exposed to light, so by itself it's not good. However, the paint sticks well to it and even if it does come off, the tape serves as something other than white or colorless as a base. Then again, it also adds texture.

[+GSVNoFixedAbode]

I'd love to get some (multi?) stencils to get a digital camo pattern on the cache (look up marpat). This shot always gets me:

 

Edited February 1, 2007 by GSVNoFixedAbode

[GermanSailor]

Just got some way cool stencils from Sissy-n-CR.com and they are very high quality

 

Thanks for the link. Got my stecil today and it works great. Think about to buy a couple more to make TBs out of them to help other cachers with their cache projects.

 

GermanSailor

[+sbell111]

I'd love to get some (multi?) stencils to get a digital camo pattern on the cache (look up marpat). ...

I was thinking of your idea on my boring drive in to work this morning.

 

I think it would be cool to have a set of three stencils to spray a pattern similar to MARPAT. The only thing that I think would cause a problem is corners. If you aren't very careful, you will end up with a color line at the corner which will render the camo ineffective.