I am painting streets and sidewalks currently. Ideas on paint color?
Vulcan, I see your streets and sidewalks on previous thread. Nice colors.
Any suggestions?
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Mike,
I use Krylon Make It Stone spray cans in either black or dark gray. Spray fairly thick and let dry. You can then go over with stains to lighten or darken the color. i use acrylics for this. The texture looks great when toned down.
Tom Yorke
Tom - Thanks, I will try make it stone Krylon spray paint.
I paint sidewalks concrete, streets asphalt, and highways a more weathered concrete.
For asphalt, I mixed my own, playing with it 'til I got what I want (among other things two colors that match, respectively, the color of Superstreets and E-Z Street roadway pieces). I mixed Rustoleum flat enamals: almost all white, added a bit of black (surprising how little it takes), a tiny bit of brown until I got what I wanted.
For concrete sidewalks and curbs and concrete roads, I bought a number of small samples of flat latex - all light grayish, at the hardware store: they sell tiny bottoms so you can try a patch and I bought a bunch and experimented. I don't recalled the color - two-word name had the word Pewter in it, but I had a quart mixed up and the paint code on the can top it is:
N319
OY 0x 9.000
BK 0x 5.250
OG 0x 2.500
GY Ox 0.500
I don't know what you are looking for so here are shots I think show my colors.
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I like Dupli-color gray primer for sidewalks and any concrete. Asphalt I brush paint with a mix of medium to dark grays and black washes.
Mike,
The reason I prefer the Krylon Make It Stone is because of the texture it gives. This texture must be blended somewhat with a gray stain to lessen the severity of it, but after the stain is applied and dry it looks great. Macadam roads are not just black. They are a gray and with texture, stones.
Great ideas. I will try them all.
Lee - Thanks for the examples.
Mike
Is it possible for you to share a picture of the Krylon Make it Stone with the gray wash on top? Trying to decide what color on my road system ....
fossil new color spray paint from krylon
Unless you are matching something like Superstreets, always go one shade lighter than you think you need. John A
You could also try these.
https://woodlandscenics.woodla...w/Item/ST1453/page/1
https://woodlandscenics.woodla...w/Item/ST1454/page/1
This road was done with the asphalt compound then weathered.
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That is a nice looking road...thanks for posting the picture! I would imagine you used the black asphalt as a base and then weathered with a concrete wash?
Years ago, when asking himself similar questions about colors, a member of our local club went to Home Depot and selected a bunch of color chips that looked appropriate in the paint department, and then went to a tall build (whose height was determined by measuring the distance in scale feet from his eyes, when standing, to the layout surface. Once there, he then held up the paint chips and compared them to the real items in view, discovering that things were actually much lighter than he had originally imagined. After a few more trips to the HD color rack, he had some paint mixed to match the chips he'd selected, and the streets on his layout looked very convincing.
Bill in FtL
