rambo1969 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 One of the lads has just bought himself a very nice civvi tent. The roof is white and the walls are blue, the tent is canvas. He wants to dye the canvas green. I was thinking about painting it with very thinned down paint, but, I reckon it will go hard and crack. So i'm thinking maybe the best thing to do is dye it. Ive found some green water based wood dye on ebay that looks like it may do the job. Just wondering if any of you could reccomend a green canvas dye, ideally, NATO greenish. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 blanco would do it but it would cost a fortune to do a whole tent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Depending on the size and material of the tent you could just stick the flysheet in the washer with a couple of sachets of shop bought green dye. Or in an old bath or such. The colour will tend to be a bit patchy but then old tents do tend to fade in the sun and rain. Why not just stick a cammo net over the top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Have thougt about a cammo net over the top, but, it would need to be a big camo net(tent is 11x7) and you can always see through a como net, and they are a pain in the arse to use! I was in asda today and they had a water based spray on fence panel stain, dark brown, and £10 for 5 litres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Have thougt about a cammo net over the top, but, it would need to be a big camo net(tent is 11x7) and you can always see through a como net, and they are a pain in the arse to use! I was in asda today and they had a water based spray on fence panel stain, dark brown, and £10 for 5 litres. I need to colour/dye/paint some canvas, did it work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 I need to colour/dye/paint some canvas, did it work ? Yes, but if I was to do it againe I would use a branded fencepaint, ronseal for example. Took about 5 coats as asda fence paint was very very transparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Yes, but if I was to do it againe I would use a branded fencepaint, ronseal for example.Took about 5 coats as asda fence paint was very very transparent. Thank you I will give it a try.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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