Hunting Washington Forum
Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: h20hunter on February 18, 2013, 12:20:59 PM
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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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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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I would use bondo or even a fiberglass paste if I was to do it..
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.)
