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concrete color?
marder40049
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Mississippi, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 02:34 PM UTC
Could anyone tell me where I might find online, a good concrete color paint? Or what paints to mix for the appropriate concrete color? for 35 scale.

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Pat
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 03:56 PM UTC
The colour of concrete depends on its composition. I've seen brown, red, light grey, and dark grey. Depending on what your base material is, spray a first coat of neutral grey. Then take some light brown and some lighter and darker shades of grey and dry brush them in. Another method is to use 80 grit sand paper as a base and colour it up from there. You can usually get the grey aluminum acetate type paper. That's what I used here:

KFMagee
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Posted: Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 04:45 PM UTC
As Mike says, concrete can be many shades. I usually start of with a dark grey primer, then add BEIGE or LIGHT TAN and the same dark grey together to create a much lighter highlight color.
FiveOduece
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Posted: Monday, March 29, 2004 - 02:58 PM UTC
Polyscale Paints make a color called Old Concrete, and it looks very good.
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