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Re: [Shop-talk] Camouflaging a connex (intermodal container)

To: eric@megageek.com
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Camouflaging a connex (intermodal container)
From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:53:14 -0400
Cc: "shop-talk@autox.team.net" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
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I live in a wooded area.  I painted my shop dark brown, with green
doors and trim.  In the summer, it disappears in the shade under the
trees, in the winter, it's just one more brown thing in the forest.

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:23 PM,  <eric@megageek.com> wrote:
> OK, I live out in farm country, (and I have a farm) but I was wondering
> what color (colors) should I paint them so they aren't as much as an
> eyesore.
>
> Now, I get that painting them green would blend them in during the summer,
> but once the leaves are down, they would stick out (same for the reverse
> if I paint them brown or white.)
>
> Then I was thinking about a military camo job, but that seems like alot of
> work for large containers (I have 3 of them to paint.)
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions for cheap/easy camo?  If it can't be
> both, cheaper is better, but I'm pretty flexible.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> (BTW, I'm in western NJ in case that makes a difference.)
>
> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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