How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

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How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby Packoderm » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:42 pm

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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby Snow » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:27 pm

I've seen some great stuff done with tape over the years. That was a good 'un.
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby hookahdude » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:02 pm

Water soluble paint? Just a thought!
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby unjonharley » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:12 pm

Packoderm wrote:Image


Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby trilobyte » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:50 pm

Nice one!
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby junglesmacks » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:25 pm

unjonharley wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..


Awesome theoretical technique.. but that looks way too white to be playa dust?
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby unjonharley » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:33 pm

junglesmacks wrote:
unjonharley wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..


Awesome theoretical technique.. but that looks way too white to be playa dust?


The coffee camp on the 8:30 street has been doing it that way for years..
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby moonrise » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:58 pm

Wow! That is genius!

What did you use for the colored paint? Water color paints?
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby unjonharley » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:06 pm

moonrise wrote:Wow! That is genius!

What did you use for the colored paint? Water color paints?


No paint.. Mud..
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby Snow » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:12 pm

junglesmacks wrote:
unjonharley wrote:
Paint roller, pan, playa dust and water.. Roll it on just like paint and wash it off just like dirt. Ya can't get greener than that..


Awesome theoretical technique.. but that looks way too white to be playa dust?
Think you're mixing up people!
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby theCryptofishist » Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:16 pm

To clarify. White tape is used in the photographic example.
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby Packoderm » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:23 pm

Our camp first put blue painter's tape and then covered that with white duct tape.
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Re: How do you disguise/alter your box van logo?

Postby Bob » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:35 pm

How do you alter your box?

Vajazzle it.
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