Anyone have good method for painting a plastic rooftop water tank to look like a wood kreosoted tank. Please be specific with colors used if possible.
Thank you,
Mark
Well, I presume that this is a wooden cover on the water tank. LION would just use a plate of colors. The north side, covered with ice all winter would be a greyer tone, the south side baked in the summer sun would be a lighter tan, the east and west sides would be more wood colored perhaps with darker streaks of creasote. LION intuits these colors from observing power poles along the highway. They have all of these colors on them as I have described them.
LION would maybe use pastles to acheive such an effect, but then the LION has never really used pasteles before. LION would just use spray paint since that is what LIONS use, and him has no wooden watertanks. When I get around to doing the bulkheads around the Gowanus Canal I will decide what to do, but will probably use some wood colored stains, with some dark tar and/ or creosote stains. Since the Gowanus Canal is a tital water, it may need to have a horizontal scum line around the high tide mark. LION has good luck using embrodery yard to represent water scum.
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Mark,
While You are waiting for a reply for someone who can give You their technique. Google: ''1930's Wood Roof top water tanks Images'' and take a look for some idea's. Make sure You include Images in your search.
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Frank