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Title: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: h20hunter 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?
Title: Re: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: viva_che1363 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.
Title: Re: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: coop2424 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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Post by: BowForElk 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
Title: Re: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: wt 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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Post by: Heredoggydoggy 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!
Title: Re: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: whack em 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.
Title: Re: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: Smossy 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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Post by: Skyvalhunter 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.
Title: Re: Trail cam camo idea...
Post by: Heredoggydoggy 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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