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Step 9: Blending and spray painting the suit


     Don’t worry if you think the colors stand out a little bit more than you’ve hoped for. This is the time to wash all that away and blend everything together. Whatever combination of colors you have used, it is always a good idea to add another color of spray paint to the mix, one that is closely related to the base color that you put on in the beginning. Here is a nifty chart to figure out which spray paint is the best for each base color.

Light green Olive Drab 
Dark green Olive Drab
Light brown Brown 
Dark brown Brown 
Tan (natural) Light brown or tan
Grey (depending on the other colors added) very light green, light brown, or Olive Drab) 
Olive Drab Green 

     Remember that adding the colors of spray paint to the suit is an art. You may notice in the picture above that I sprayed some of the tan part of the suit with the Olive Drab spray pant. This makes it so that the tan color doesn't stand out as much. This is what you are trying to do. And as always, this chart is not the limit so how many, or what color you want to add or blend in to the suit. You may even want to take this opportunity of blending to add another color all together. This is very limited however. For instance, if you have a suit with light green, dark green, and olive drab, you may to consider adding a darkish gray to the mix. Be very sparing with this tactic however. Also, the spray paint will not make the burlap sticky, but it will somewhat restrict the individual strands from spreading out more than it should. Therefore, if you do use spray paint on your suit, take a big-toothed comb and comb the some of the individual strands. This will separate the stuck togethered strands.


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