Thanks. I appreciate the repost.
> I posted this to the list some time ago. It certainly applies to
> what you want to do.
>
> 1) Buy a whole bunch of the biggest honkin' muslin you can find.
> We buy it in 9 foot (well 3 meters, actually) whole bolts of
> fabric. I think a bolt is 10 meters, and we will buy as many as
> 6 at a time.
> 2) Sew the suckers together to make as big a background as you
> want. The biggest we have made is 3 bolts, which worked out to
> 26 feet x 29 feet finished size.
> 3) Get a couple of gallons of latex paint in the colour you want
> as a base, and a couple of quarts each in a couple of
> complementary colours. You also want a gallon of clear latex
> emulsion.
> 4) Find an area large enough to spread your background out flat
> on the ground. We use the park behind one of the partners'
> house. You want to start this sort of thing mid morning, when
> the weather forecast is for hot, dry conditions.
> 5) Now it's fun time. A couple of willing assistants are needed.
> I prefer skimpily dressed female assistants because I am a pig.
> Anyway, pour the base colour into a bucket and mix in about 1/3
> of the clear emulsion and a couple of quarts of water. Mix well.
> This will be rolled thickly onto 1/2 of the muslin.
> 6) In a couple of bottles with squirt nozzles (well rinsed dish
> detergent bottles work well for this) mix up the complementary
> colours, using the same proportions as given above. I realize
> the instructions that I have given for mixing the paint is like
> a recipe for Scottish baking, but it really doesn't matter a
> whole bunch. You can't screw it up.
> 7) Roll a really heavy layer of base colour onto half the
> muslin. Squirt random beads of the base colours onto the same
> half. If you find you think you need to add either more water,
> or more paint to the mix, then do so.
> 8) Fold the muslin in half, dry side to wet side.
> 9) Remember dropping acid and tye dying shirts? Have your
> assistants take the muslin at each end and start twisting it up
> as hard as they can. This is messy, and gets paint all over
> anyone doing it.
> Take your camera and photograph the ensuing wet paint T-Shirt
> contest.
> 10) This is work, remember? After the assistants are covered in
> paint, flatten out the muslin and do whatever touchups need to
> be done. It is acceptable to use paint covered assistants for
> touch ups. You may need to add come base coat here, perhaps some
> more of one of the trim colours there. If you add paint, you
> will want to repeat step 9.
> 11) After you have the muslin the way you want it, take your
> assistants inside and wash them thoroughly.
> By the time the assistants are dry, the muslin should be nearly
> dry also. Drink beers and barbecue steaks until the muslin is
> thoroughly dry and can be folded up. We prefer to bunch the
> muslin into a stuff sack rather than folding it. The random
> creases are less noticable.
> Above all, this should be fun!!!!
> Please see:
> http://pug.komkon.org/01nov/2Rotties.html
> for an example of a muslin made in this fashion. William Robb
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