Paint and poly

[Tdod]

A rejuvenated poly nuc ....

How did you get that finish on the nuc it looks amazing????

 

[Erichalfbee]

A rejuvenated poly nuc ....

Wonderful

 

[victor meldrew]

Careful ,I laid a camouflaged jacket up in the attic for the Summer . I haven't been able to find it since!
VM


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[Swarm]

How did you get that finish on the nuc it looks amazing????

Cheers Tdod,
It's just emulsion applied with a brush.

 

[Tdod]

Cheers Tdod,
It's just emulsion applied with a brush.

You make that sound easy but must of took a fair bit of time, I would like to have a go at a paint finish like that but would not know where to start, any tips?

 

[Swarm]

Well I'm gifted at art anyway but it really isn't that hard. Obviously you need to allow coats to dry, this is the time consuming bit.
That nuc was originally a sage green colour that I overpainted with the blue and left a few areas. I have varying tones of brown, grey, cream etc, use the brush to blodge the paint on, use a dryish brush and you'll achieve a bit of fade out. Think about using the dark paint as you'd see shadows on a bright day or sunlight through branches and use it to break up the outline even further.
I've got some brood boxes on order so I could do one in stages if you like.

 

[Erichalfbee]

You make that sound easy but must of took a fair bit of time, I would like to have a go at a paint finish like that but would not know where to start, any tips?

Art school?

 

[Tdod]

Well I'm gifted at art anyway but it really isn't that hard. Obviously you need to allow coats to dry, this is the time consuming bit.
That nuc was originally a sage green colour that I overpainted with the blue and left a few areas. I have varying tones of brown, grey, cream etc, use the brush to blodge the paint on, use a dryish brush and you'll achieve a bit of fade out. Think about using the dark paint as you'd see shadows on a bright day or sunlight through branches and use it to break up the outline even further.
I've got some brood boxes on order so I could do one in stages if you like.

If you have the time to take some pics and share the process from start to finish I for one would be very interested.

Thankyou

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Cheers Tdod,
It's just emulsion applied with a brush.

But where do you get emulsion of that pattern? B&Q ? and do they do one in a simple pink candy stripe?

 

[REDWOOD]

The striped paint in B&Q is an under counter job and only mixed by the paint master, you will need to phone first to see if he's on duty and what colours you would like.

 

[beeno]

FABULOUS artistry Swarm! That will be a hard act to follow.

 

[McNulty]

this is my first hive. I thought I would tart it up with a few cans of poundland spray paint and a few leaves as stencils. No experience necessary, a lot easier than you might think

 

[Erichalfbee]

Nice
I love the look of those MB hives newly painted.
I did mine in two colours and they've ended up mix and match so as they empty for "service" I will paint them all the same shade of chocolate.
I'm looking to see if I can make a Paynes box top bee space and If I can I'm Inspired to be a little more adventurous with that

 

[beeboybee]

be very careful using spray cans on poly, it can melt the polystyrene.... make sure you have a few layers of base coat first.....