[Milsurplus] Fw: painting over bare patches on black wrinkle mil gear

[Henry Mei'l's]

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From: Henry Mei'l's 
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Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 5:18 PM
Subject: painting over bare patches on black wrinkle mil gear


Hi all,

Some time ago, there was a thread (pretty sure it  was on the Arc-5 reflector) about the best way 
of painting over bare spots on black wrinkle surfaced mil gear.

My own solution is to apply a coat of black acrylic paint to the worn/blank areas, let it dry
then apply a "semi-liquid" (gooey) layer using the bristle end of the brush - that is to 
say, lightly jab the bristles at right angles to the surface worked on. This yields a surface finish, very 
similar to the genuine wrinkle finish.  The brush bristles on the 'jabbing brush'have to have a certain stiffness.

(I paint on canvas -- not usually on mil rigs -- so I have a good supply of paint types
 on  hand. www.oncanvas.dk )


Henry, OZ1UF-OU5T  / N2NR