Unable To Find Flat / Matt Green or Brown Spray Paint

[anthony.sarah]

We want to paint an ammo can in flat / matt green or brown spray paint but we cannot seem to find it anywhere. The closest we can find is enamel / gloss which obviously doesn't make for great camouflage.

We are on the southside of Brisbane and have so far tried Bunnings Warehouse, Mitre 10 Mega & Supercheap Auto. Our next stop was to be Kmart followed then by speciality paint retailers.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[caughtatwork]

I get mission brown from Bunnings and a flat black as well.
I hold black in one hand and brown in the other and "cross the streams" as I spray the cans.
That way I get a better colour mixture than just straight black or brown. i.e. a mottled color which blends together.
If you can only get gloss brown, this also helps to reduce the gloss as the flat of the black helps to blend together.

[PesceVerde]

Gloss paint with a final light spray of matt black or a light sand with steel wool, or both, can work. Looking for no hard colour edges.

[blossom*]

do not use spray paint. try regular paint and a bursh?

I used a tin of paint and a brush and I reckon it's good. You aren't looking for a totally smooth texture anyway so a few slight brush marks don't hurt. And it's heaps cheaper than spray paint which costs quite a bit and runs out after not a lot of use (especially one you've spray painted a good chunk of the surrounding lawn and copious sheets of newspaper which then seem to stick to everything just before they dry!!! )

[setsujoku]

We had a "Paint it Black" event here in Adelaide, maybe you need to have a "Cover it in Camo" event over there.

[Captain Terror]

I live on Brisbane Southside, and the cheapest stuff Bunnings sell at my local is matt earthy colours.

[blossom*]

I live on Brisbane Southside, and the cheapest stuff Bunnings sell at my local is matt earthy colours.

Well rocks and dirt are eathy Go for some earthy colours and then some black matt splotches over it. I've done the "crafty" thing where you get a really dry paintbrush and splotch the black on top so it somes out grubby looking - just like the ground! Hiding stuff under bark and rocks often means earthy is good.

[Richary]

I've found a matt covering works well, with then black loosly sprayed over it. Helps it blend into the shadows and undergrowth. For the outback caches where the soil/rocks are often reddish in colour then use red and black instead.

[SamWalkers]

try spray glue then throw dry dirt at it.

[Wingaap]

I use a technique similar to C@W.....to add some green(ish) I use the export primer available @ Supercheap.
Once again using the 'cross over' technique.

[SuperMoosie]

Personaly there is not much difference in hiding between a great camo job and a ok camo job in most hides, as the staight edges of the container/ ammo boxes do not normally occour in nature and give it away. Rather than thinking of the perfect colour combination, how about thinking of changing the shapes of your containers to fit in with the enviroment.

[MtnLioness]

To the OP - Go to the Sunny Coast and head to Crazy Clarks or King Kong cheap Stores, they both sell cheap spray paint, ring them and ask if they have what you're after.