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Camoflage netting
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 7, 2004 3:37 PM
What can you use for camoflage netting For armor
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 7, 2004 3:46 PM
Some things I have used are Toole lace, cheesecloth and medical gauze.
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Posted by Panther 44 on Saturday, August 7, 2004 5:09 PM
Hi Sand_Man3,
I'll go with claymore on this . I bought about 3 yards (I think) of cheese cloth at Wal-Mart for about a $1.00 or so. You can get tons of of it cheap.
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Joe
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Posted by Panther 44 on Saturday, August 7, 2004 5:12 PM
Sand_Man3,
Please excuse my manners in failing to welcome you to the board. There are many great people here that will be able to help you with just about anything you need. Hope you will enjoy taking part in some of the discussions.
Regards,
Joe
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Posted by Moses on Saturday, August 7, 2004 5:24 PM
I bought Verlinden's Camo netting and it has lasted me over 3 years and only costs about $4.95.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 7, 2004 5:40 PM
if you want to do it yourself I use medical guaze, white glue (elmers glue) dilute it in water and cut the guaze to size. Then you dip the guaze in the glue water. Then you squeez out the extra liquid on the guaze, then strech it in diferent ways so it dosent look like perfect squares, and the place it on your armor. Let it dry then airbrush or paint the camoflage on it and your done.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 7, 2004 6:58 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Panther 44

Sand_Man3,
Please excuse my manners in failing to welcome you to the board. There are many great people here that will be able to help you with just about anything you need. Hope you will enjoy taking part in some of the discussions.
Regards,
Joe

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Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, August 8, 2004 12:13 AM
Welcome to the forum. I am another that uses cheese cloth. I tried bandages but it did not seem to work quite as well.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 9, 2004 11:48 PM
I have had good results using gauze bandage soaked in white glue, sprinkled with tea leaves and drybrushed.
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Posted by mjohnson on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:32 AM
Welcome to the forum. I like to use the medical gauze and cheese cloth. If you are adventurous you can use ladies fishnet stockings. Use the same process for the gauze. I have tried it twice so far. Once was ok the other was not so good.

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Posted by buff on Friday, August 13, 2004 8:23 AM
I have tried the gauze with glue/water, and my cam nets come out wafer thin. Should I fold it up to the size/shape I want then dip it, or dip it then fold it? Is this just a matter of me not using enough gauze? Thanks.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 2004 8:31 PM
I used medical gauze treated in the same manner for quite a while before I broke down and bought Verlindens Camo netting. I will never use anything else.
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Posted by Panther 44 on Saturday, August 14, 2004 6:31 AM
Hi buff,
Been a while since I've made netting and haven't done it that often, but I believe it's like you said. Make it the size and shape you want then dip it and see how it turns out. It will probably be like anything else that you've not done before, just have to experiment a bit to get the results you're looking for.
I think I may have just put a little paint in a jar and some thinner and soaked the cheese cloth in it. Take it out and wring the excess liquid out of it and shape it the way you want.
Regards,
Joe
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 7:44 AM
Sergical Gauze is my choice but I have seen how some builders make their netting by weaving it with cotton thred or thin string .Smile [:)]
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Posted by qmiester on Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:22 AM
Welcome to the Forum

If you have the time, check thru the past threads in the Armor and Techniques sections of the forum. About six months ago, someone posted the same question and there were a bunch of answers using everything from gauze to tinfoil.

Having said that, I use either gauze or bridal veil material - the gauze I wet and let shrink and then paint it a dark color (OD or Brown). Once dry, spread it and tack it to a piece of board. Then shoot on a thin coat of contact cement (Elmer's works well). Then while still wet, sprinkle it with crushed paprika leaves. When dry, fold it, roll it or stretch it over your model. you can do the same thing with the bridal veil, you just don't need to wash it.

BTW, for you who have never had the pleasure of working with the damned things, a camo net is an invention of the Devil. They come in sets with hexes and diamonds (the shapes) which have to be assembled (guess who gets to do that) and it takes 3 sets to properly camo a Hummvee. When assembled, they are heavy and bulky. They will catch on any protrusion on the piece of equipment you are trying to cover and you will be amazed at the number of things on your body they will find to catch on. (buttons a real pain when putting one up - and the military has yet to discover velcro or zippers for most of the clothing it issues). It's positively amazing how quickly the order of "Get the nets up" will empty the area of available bodies.
Quincy
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Posted by buff on Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:52 AM
QUOTE: Then shoot on a thin coat of contact cement

Shoot with what? Airbrush? Spraybottle? It doesn't come in a can, does it?

QUOTE: When dry, fold it, roll it or stretch it over your model

Won't the contact cement make it brittle?
Thanks for the help.

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Posted by LemonJello on Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:02 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by qmiester
[BTW, for you who have never had the pleasure of working with the damned things, a camo net is an invention of the Devil. They come in sets with hexes and diamonds (the shapes) which have to be assembled (guess who gets to do that) and it takes 3 sets to properly camo a Hummvee. When assembled, they are heavy and bulky. They will catch on any protrusion on the piece of equipment you are trying to cover and you will be amazed at the number of things on your body they will find to catch on. (buttons a real pain when putting one up - and the military has yet to discover velcro or zippers for most of the clothing it issues). It's positively amazing how quickly the order of "Get the nets up" will empty the area of available bodies.

Amen to that! Then there's the added pleasure of trying to get the poles and spreaders under it to get the net off what you're trying to cover. All while the 0's get in the way and complain that it doesn't look "quire right." One of life's little frustrations for the enlisted man...
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Posted by r13b20 on Sunday, August 15, 2004 2:56 PM
try camo netting an M-109! yuck-yuck-yuck!!!!!!!!
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