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Reply to: #54865 by ArtGekko
Dec 4, 2006 5:15am
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I've also found it at Gander Mountain and Academy Sports.

Shiloh*who doesn't shop at Wal-Mart*
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Reply to: #54865 by ArtGekko
Dec 4, 2006 5:22am
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Quote it can be hard to spot


After all, it is camo tape!

I found it in the hardware section where all the other tape is. They have about 10 different colors of duct tape. The bright orange is really easy to spot and the Walmart hunters don't shoot at it! :-)

Larry
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Reply to: #54869 by Lundy and Vickster
Dec 4, 2006 5:30am
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<I found it in the hardware section where all the other tape is. They have about 10 different colors of duct tape. The bright orange is really easy to spot and the Walmart hunters don't shoot at it! :-)>

Whahahahaha

My WalMart has that large display of tape in the painting section. They have lots of colors of duct tape along with the painting tape and stuff like that. The rolls of camo tape from there are larger and cheaper than the smaller 'speciality' rolls of camo tape from the hunting section. :-)

GreyCrazy
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Reply to: #54862 by FreeBird
Dec 4, 2006 5:22pm
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I went to the hunting fishing area of Wall mart to buy camo tape. For the amount I planned to use, the price was more than I could afford. I moved on over to the fabric dept and bought a yard of camo cloth and a yard of bamboo patterned cloth. I used a rubbery glue made for cloth/sewing. I figured if it was made to stand up to washing, drying and cold weather use, it would work well on my Maine boxes. So far, it seems to be working, and the camo is so good I lost my own box! Time will tell, but if it works, I will have saved a few bucks.
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Reply to: #54991 by eaglewatcher
Dec 4, 2006 10:37pm
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Quote I went to the hunting fishing area of Wall mart to buy camo tape. For the amount I planned to use, the price was more than I could afford. I moved on over to the fabric dept and bought a yard of camo cloth and a yard of bamboo patterned cloth


I tried the camo tape from wally world, and I was not impressed. It was hard to use would not stick to itself, and the last half of the roll the top camo part of the the tape seperated from the bottem. Which made the rest of the roll useless, waisted money. I am now trying spray painting but have to wait till spring to plant so I dont know how it will work yet.

the fabric is a cool idea let me know how it works.

Mystic Dreamer
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Reply to: #54991 by eaglewatcher
Dec 5, 2006 5:45am
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could you be more specific about the glue, as right now I am wrapping the boxes in loose fabric, the glue might make it easier to use.
SS
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Reply to: #54991 by eaglewatcher
Dec 5, 2006 6:34am
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For the amount I planned to use, the price was more than I could afford. I moved on over to the fabric dept and bought a yard of camo cloth and a yard of bamboo patterned cloth.


Two yards of fabric was less than the $3.50 for a roll of camo duct tape? Hmmmm...
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Reply to: #55071 by Mystic Dreamer
Dec 5, 2006 7:56am
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Quote I tried the camo tape from wally world, and I was not impressed. It was hard to use would not stick to itself, and the last half of the roll the top camo part of the the tape seperated from the bottem. Which made the rest of the roll useless, waisted money. I am now trying spray painting but have to wait till spring to plant so I dont know how it will work yet.


I think you must have gotten the removeable type of camo tape that we have discussed here before. I mentioned it a couple days ago in this same thread. If you get the came duck tape...not the removeable tape (made for gun stocks etc) then it WILL stick and stick strongly. Duct tape or the brand "Duck" tape is very sticky and gummy. It is MUCH easier and less time consuming than painting. The removeable stuff is not tacky or sticky and as you say...will not stick to itself. It is meant to be removed and leave no trace of glue etc. Both kinds can be found in the hunting sections expecially this time of year...but go look in the hardware section...where all the adhesives, tapes and silicones are. There is camo, brown, black, green, even hot pink, orange and red.

Dixie
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Reply to: #55137 by Dixie
Dec 5, 2006 7:58am
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oops...sorry...
It was not this thread that I had written about the removeable stuff but a thread that looked identical ;)
here is the post
http://www.atlasquest.com/boards/message.html?gMsgId=54897;gAuthorId=2311
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Reply to: #55137 by Dixie
Dec 5, 2006 8:01pm
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Quote If you get the came duck tape...not the removeable tape (made for gun stocks etc) then it WILL stick and stick strongly. Duct tape or the brand "Duck" tape is very sticky and gummy.


I DID get the Duck tape NOT the removeable gun stock tape. The sticky part of the tape was very sticky and would stick to anything BUT the top of the tape so I found my self having to make sure every piece was custom cut (and my scissors would gum up after two cuts and would not cut any more). The top camo part of the tape ended up peeling off the lower part like celifane and I was left with this light gey showing yuck. If the tape was made like regular duck tape then I could see it working but the stuff that I got was just yucky. I do keep my eyes open to find better stuff but so far I have not found it.

As for the time with the painting, I took 4 boxes out side to spray paint, painted one coat went to do some yard work, came back did another coat and so forth. With in 2 hours the boxes were painted and dried enough to bring in. It took me almost the same time to tape 2 boxes with out doing anything else the tape was that difficult to work with. So as far as the painting vs taping for me, I have to say painting wins.

Mystic Dreamer
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Reply to: #55245 by Mystic Dreamer
Dec 5, 2006 8:23pm
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I like the painting too. Because it's been cold I've been painting my boxes "inside". We have a utility room (used to be a garage?) I put my boxes in cardboard boxes and with the back door open...I spray them all with the "army green" type color of "Camoflage Spray Paint". When that's dry I spritz them with some flat black spray paint and wah lah! Beautiful camoflauged boxes!!! My Lock n Locks now look more like mini ammo boxes or something! They're awesome! (If I do say so myself!)

D5 Mama
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Reply to: #55249 by Smimle
Dec 5, 2006 8:49pm
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I have found a lock-n-lock in the wild and the paint was awesome. I asked the maker of the letterbox where she found green lock-n-locks, unable to tell that it was actually painted green. Must have been that plastic patio furniture type of paint. Awesome. I taped up my first box, and didn't enjoy the process either. Plus, I've noticed moisture can get trapped in the wrinkles of the tape...

LG.
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Reply to: #55245 by Mystic Dreamer
Dec 5, 2006 8:52pm
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Quote The sticky part of the tape was very sticky and would stick to anything BUT the top of the tape so I found my self having to make sure every piece was custom cut (and my scissors would gum up after two cuts and would not cut any more).


First mistake: using scissors on duct tape. You're supposed to tear duct tape. Whenever you try to use scissors, you're going to be disappointed with the results.

Quote The top camo part of the tape ended up peeling off the lower part like celifane and I was left with this light gey showing yuck.


That's usually what happens when the duct tape gets old -- which is the reason I usually recommend not using it. I can't say I've seen it happen right off the roll. Maybe it had been on the shelf a long time?

Quote With in 2 hours the boxes were painted and dried enough to bring in. It took me almost the same time to tape 2 boxes with out doing anything else the tape was that difficult to work with. So as far as the painting vs taping for me, I have to say painting wins.


Uhhh, lemme point out another difference here: It might take 2 hours to get a few coats of paint on those containers, but you don't spend 2 hours on the job. Once you've done this a couple of times, you can paint a container in perhaps 15 seconds, set it down, come back in 15 minutes, spend another 15 seconds painting, etc., etc. It may take 2 hours, but there's less than five minutes of effort involved. If you spent 2 hours applying duct tape to two boxes, painting wins this battle by a big margin.

I don't even lay out newspapers any more. I just stand out in the yard and hold the container in one hand while spraying it with the other. I only spray the half of the container I'm not holding, then I set it down on that end so wet paint doesn't touch anything. 15 minutes later I pick it up by the painted end and paint the other end.
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Reply to: #55249 by Smimle
Dec 5, 2006 8:57pm
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Quote I spray them all with the "army green" type color of "Camoflage Spray Paint". When that's dry I spritz them with some flat black spray paint and wah lah! Beautiful camoflauged boxes!!!


Other way around. I can buy flat black paint for 99 cents per rattlecan, but I haven't found the camo green for less than about $4. So I apply flat black paint first, giving the container a complete opaque coating, and then spritz with the camo green in a few blotches.

I have noticed that some people use regular flat green paint instead of camo paint. Really, you've gotta try the camo paint. It doesn't look all that different on your shelf, but when the container is laying under a bush it's just amazing how much better the genuine camo paint hides.
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Reply to: #55256 by Kirbert
Dec 5, 2006 9:03pm
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I do the camo paint first because it's for spray painting plastic. The flat black I had on hand was not. That's why the green...then the black in my case!
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Reply to: #55257 by Smimle
Dec 5, 2006 11:18pm
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Quote I do the camo paint first because it's for spray painting plastic. The flat black I had on hand was not.


Ah, that's a good reason. Neither of the paints I'm using are specifically for plastic.
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Reply to: #55277 by Kirbert
Dec 6, 2006 3:40am
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Quote I do the camo paint first because it's for spray painting plastic. The flat black I had on hand was not.


Ah, that's a good reason. Neither of the paints I'm using are specifically for plastic.


Good to know for me. My flat black started peeling before I got the box planted. Of course it was a whole 96 cents.

Janet, Blooming Flowers
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Reply to: #55278 by Blooming Flower
Dec 6, 2006 3:43am
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The camo paint is AWESOME! (Did I really just say something camo is awesome? Oh my...) I just can't believe the look of my boxes. I haven't had one peel or even think about peeling yet! It's almost like my lock n locks were always green!

D5 Mama
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Reply to: #55278 by Blooming Flower
Dec 6, 2006 9:06am
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Quote Neither of the paints I'm using are specifically for plastic.


Good to know for me. My flat black started peeling before I got the box planted.


Using regular enamel spray paint on plastic seems to be variable. It depends a great deal on the type of plastic, for example. I generally use things like Planters plastic peanut jars, plastic peanut butter jars, or other screw-top plastic jars as containers. The regular flat black spray paint sticks just fine to just about any of these, with the exception of plastic screw caps; it tends to be pretty easy to scrape off the screw cap, and when the screw cap is some bright color, that can be trouble.

OTOH, I wouldn't expect the regular paint to stick to a Lock-N-Lock at all. That kind of "waxy" plastic is very tough to get anything to stick to, it definitely calls for the paint intended specifically for plastic.

Another issue is the ZipLoc or Glad food containers that are thin plastic and must be pried open. Regular paint sticks OK, but the fact that the plastic must be flexed to open the container may pose a problem. Regular paint can be quite brittle, so when you flex the lid the paint can pop off in flakes. This is again another application for the paint intended for plastic.

Another possibility for paint is the "automotive trim paint" available in auto parts stores. It's not flat, it's satin, halfway between flat and gloss. And it's not cheap. But it's the toughest stuff you're likely to find, including on plastic. It's used to spray paint black rubber bumpers (and it works really well, if you have a car with old dull-looking black bumpers, give it a try!). So whatever types of plastic container you're using, you can apply one layer of this trim paint, then a coat of regular flat black, and blotches of camo over that.

Whatever paint is used on plastic, make sure the plastic is scrubbed clean first. Even if it's brand new.

Flat dark grey is even better than flat black. And better yet is flat black with blotches of both camo green and dark grey.
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Reply to: #55254 by LibraryGrrl
Dec 6, 2006 1:45pm
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PAINTING a box ... if it is done you have to put on a really thin layer of spray paint or it will just peel of especially in the cold.
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Reply to: #55117 by LibraryGrrl
Dec 7, 2006 6:06pm
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Quote Two yards of fabric was less than the $3.50 for a roll of camo duct tape? Hmmmm...


The two yards of fabric and the adhesive cost about 10 dollars and provided enough materal for 20 or more boxes. I rip the fabric to match the area I want to cover. The glue is Aleen's--OK to Wash-It. My boxes have only been out for a few months so time will tell, but I think they are working well and when they need repair, it will be easy to do even out in the field.
Ealgewatcher
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Reply to: #55612 by eaglewatcher
Dec 7, 2006 6:12pm
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the camo tape cost me about $3.75 and I have probably done...
guessing...
somewhere between 12 and 20 containers of various sizes but mostly peanut butter jars and lock and locks.
no glues etc to mess with...don't even need scissors...
nothing easier or cheaper that I have found yet and VERY easy to do on site...in the woods etc.
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Reply to: #55613 by Dixie
Dec 7, 2006 7:56pm
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What do you use to remove the sent of peanut butter oil from a pb jar?
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Reply to: #55624 by The Wolf Family
Dec 7, 2006 8:20pm
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yes...really super hot water with dawn dish liquid...
and a hot rinse with vinegar added.
I have done it without the vinegar and just my first step but add a dab of bleach...

dixie
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Reply to: #55626 by Dixie
Dec 8, 2006 7:56am
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Maybe after a hot water, soap, vinegar wash I'll put the jar out on the porch for the winter and see if anyone takes a nibble.
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Reply to: #55623 by LibraryGrrl
Dec 8, 2006 7:57am
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OMG, I can't believe I spelled scent, sent. Smack me!

I blame the cold medicine.

LG.
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Reply to: #55674 by LibraryGrrl
Dec 8, 2006 1:19pm
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Quote I can't believe I spelled scent, sent


*looking around to see if anybody was watching*

I didn't even notice.

Shiloh
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Reply to: #55624 by The Wolf Family
Dec 11, 2006 7:48am
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Someone else told me to do the following, and it seems to have worked:

Place clean cat litter in a large container that has a lid and place your container in it and seal the larger container. Take them out, and a week later, or so, no smell. Then run it through the dishwasher.
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Reply to: #55613 by Dixie
Dec 28, 2006 1:38am
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Dixie, where did you get the camo tape? Was it at Walmart for that price?

Pied Piper
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Reply to: #59227 by Pied Piper
Dec 28, 2006 6:40am
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Yes... Wal-Mart but do not get the "removeable" stuff in the hunting and gun supplies that is meant for gun stocks and removes very easy without any residue.

get the camo DUCK tape (a brand name I think it all go it's start as duct tape before the brand name)

At my local wal-mart it is kept in hardware with all the other duck tape colors (they have brown, green and black too) but they move the camo when the seasonal hunting season section goes up for display. Now it is near the "hot hands" and "trail tacks" and "deer urine"...but it gets moved back to hardware with the tapes, glues and silicone adhesives closer to spring and sometimes it is in both places.

I saw a roll at Lowe's (different brand) and it was more than $6. OUCH

dixie