I've been painting Homasote with Spruce Green, a RustOleum spray can color. I had it color matched at Menard's and had a quart of latex paint made up.
Spruce Green is also my visible benchwork and basic background color. I haven't done it yet, but I'm thinking about painting the upper parts of the background blue, then the bottom green and blend it into the blue Bob Nicholson _________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "John" <armstong5717@...> wrote: > > Get a dirt brown, or a green. Save on the scenery base colors. > John Armstrong > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Lane > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:09 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} sealing Homasote > > > > All, > > To return to a former thread for a minute.. > > I cut a few pieces of Homasote today to continue on with my construction. I > had thoughts about getting a flat or semi gloss latex based clear mostly > because I could not think of a color I wanted to see for the next ? long > until scenery gets started. There is an excellent independent hardware store > near me that I frequent. > > The clear poly urethane was about $50.00 a gallon. YIKES - so I switched to > plan B which was latex paint. They had a custom mix return even though > custom mixes are not supposed to be returnable that was basically white. > > For $5.00 a gallon how could I refuse? I will be slathering Homasote in a > few days! > > Thank You, > Bill Lane > > Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 > > See my finished models at: > <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com > Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! > > Custom Train Parts Design > <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> > http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm > > PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded > (Trading is MUCH preferred) > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls > > ***Join the PRR T&HS*** > The other members are not ALL like me! > <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com > <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> > http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf > > Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society > It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com > Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5976 (20110322) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 5976 (20110322) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
