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Offline h20hunter

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Trail cam camo idea...
« on: February 18, 2013, 12:20:59 PM »
So....a while back a member posted a pic of a great job they did disguising their trail cam. My brother in law and I went in on a new Bushnell and I plan to decorate the outside of the box. The member I mentioned used some type of clay or putty to texture the outside almost like bark. It was painted up and looked good. Any suggestions on what I can use that will harden, be workable, take the paint, and be waterproof?

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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 12:42:19 PM »
plaster of paris might work and make a mold or something. you'd probably need to seal it with some sort of waterproof spray or paint.
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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2013, 01:13:30 PM »
I would use bondo or even a fiberglass paste if I was to do it..

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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2013, 11:13:38 AM »
I would use bondo or even a fiberglass paste if I was to do it..

+1 Bondo would be my first option. its cheap and you can make it look how ever you want. hardens well sands easily for further customizing the look and is paintable

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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2013, 12:12:26 PM »
Any advice on cheap enclosures? +3 on bondo or you could glue foam pipe insulation torn up to look like dug fir bark?

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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2013, 12:16:14 PM »
Whatever you use, pay cose attention to the SMELL.  Some materials offgas a chemical odor for a long time, and critters go through life nose-first!
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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2013, 07:30:08 PM »
Here's a few pics of what I've done so far.  When I set them, I usually scrounge together some deadfall, ferns, leaves, branches, pine bows, etc to help blend the cam in even more.  I also spray them down with some scent eliminating spray when I hang them.
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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #7 on: April 01, 2013, 01:58:53 AM »
Alittle Hydrographing on a trail cam is worth testing. I think I may pick up a kit soon myself and see If I can sell some camo patterns to some of my buddies :chuckle: it would really look cool on a trail cam. Im thinking at the least, hydrodip the ammo case instead of painting it.
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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #8 on: April 01, 2013, 05:05:10 AM »
easier to get a security box and use bondo and paint it on the outside to make it look like bark.
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Re: Trail cam camo idea...
« Reply #9 on: April 01, 2013, 09:39:27 PM »
I just modified an old electrical breaker box and camo'd it with a few colors of Krylon rattle-can paint.  Got to go see if it's still there so I can put my cam out again.  (Left the box there when I took the cam home when winter came.)
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