Gerritt Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Well one of the girlfriends kids is right into Call Of Duty etc... and seems to have an affinity towards war games etc.. We are doing up the kids rooms one by one.. He asked to have his room done in Camo... Ughhh... very difficult and time consuming to paint.. so I thought Maybe paint the room Tan in colour (Or a different colour) and Hang Camo netting off a wall or two.. I have tried googling local Army surplus stores in Hamilton and placed a few calls.. but it seems our Army surplus stores no longer carry military products.. instead they are selling junk electronics and bulk batteries.. Anyone have a lead on a place somewhat local to Hamilton +/- 50kms that might have this item? Thanks in advance folks! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hey G. Army surplus or even Primcess auto carries it at times.The stuff aint cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbex1 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 I know that TSC carries camo burlap, and what Brian said it aint cheep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranks bait Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 I know for a fact that the Army Surplus down the road from me has some. It's the dark colour. I forget the size. I think it's around $40.00 I'd have to check. I thought about using it on my boat as a blind for duck hunting, but it didn't look like it would hold up. For a room though it would be great. I think it's a great idea, just glad it's not my room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted December 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks for the reply guys! I appreciate it. It seems this stuff is difficult to obtain, and is not cheap. :wallbash: But at the end of the day I hope it will be cheaper then taking 3 weeks to paint a room! Scott, if possible could you take a look at you're local store grab a price and size? I would appreciate it, if you have the time.. Perhaps it might be easier to talk him out of it... but dang his heart is set on it.. and i hate to disappoint. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanD Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Why not go to a fabrics store and pick up some sort of cheap course woven material, maybe even burlap (I don't know the costs)? Then sketch out a camo design on it and have the kid spray paint it to fill in the sketching? There’s water based spray paints, so you won’t have to worry about poisoning the kid. LOL Should be fairly easy and you can get him involved in doing the project. I understand it’s not netting; possibly a compromise; but then again you could cut out the holes to make it netting? Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBCregal Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 theres a outdoors/surplus place in oakville on speers road just west of kerr street. worth giving them a shout anwyays, i think i saw some last time i was in there. i believe its called oakville outdoors and surplus. not too far from hamilton either. ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 I wouldn't think it would be that hard to do camo paint the wall a solid colour then make up a few stencils of camo shapes and roller them in 2 different colours could do one wall camo the other 3 in the base colour and add a few murals of tanks and submachine guns and bobs your uncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranks bait Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 I'll check it out tomorrow for you Gerritt. Seeing Terry's picture gave me an idea as well. Do an olive colour base. Then get some different colour paint balls and have at it!!! Just don't tell the girlfriend your plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I'll check it out tomorrow for you Gerritt. Seeing Terry's picture gave me an idea as well. Do an olive colour base. Then get some different colour paint balls and have at it!!! Just don't tell the girlfriend your plans. YA WANT THE KID TO HAVE FUN AND ENJOY HIS NEW ROOM, DO LIKE SAID,PAINT OLIVE GREEN,THEN BUY A PAINT BALL GUN AND LET HIM HAVE AT IT. I can see the smile on his face now. Yer COOL, G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndySKS Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Try Forest City Surplus in London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoneFishin Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Think I seen some at princess auto for dirt cheap last weekend. It was the one in whitby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vance Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 (edited) Cabela's has it in different styles but it doesn't seem to be cheap http://www.cabelas.c...etting&x=16&y=8 vance Edited December 8, 2010 by vance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranks bait Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Got some prices for you. 10x10 $40.00, 10x20 $80.00, 20x20 $160.00. They are all the dark colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 The real big surplus stores are all gone. Toronto used to have Hercules. In Simcoe there used to be a huge surplus outlet. The forest netting is not in heavy use right now, so not much will be sold off as expired. Everything in heavy use is the desert tan, but they won't be shipping any of that back to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer swinger Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Len's Mil Store in Cambridge has tons of selection, they pbly have 40 different kinds of Camo from fleece to mesh Price is usually around $4-$6/yd. Rolls are usually 36", 48" or 60" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Eyes Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Buy him the camo tarp and just nail it on the wall, done in 10min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 When I painted up my duck boat I used a pine branch and 3 different colour spray paints and it turned out awesome. I thought hey, that pattern would look super cool in the basement. Mentioned it to the Queen bee, her repsonse was bright pink would look nice in the master bdrm too. An idea anyways Gerrit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fang Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Fabricland has several colours, patterns and materials to choose from. I bought about 15 yrds of the base green camo pattern for making ground blinds and it was pretty cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Thanks everyone for the advice and Scott for grabbing the prices! going to figure out how much I need and go from there Thanks again! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiel Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Fabricland has several colours, patterns and materials to choose from. I bought about 15 yrds of the base green camo pattern for making ground blinds and it was pretty cheap Yep, worth checking out Fabricland on Kenilworth Gerritt, I've seen it there and probably the best prices you'll find in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skunked Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Or Central Surplus at Yonge and Wellsley in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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