paint for movie work

[David Herbert]

A friend of mine had a Humber Pig painted purple to use in a film. They assured him that it would "wash off easily" but five years later, with it living outside in UK rain it was still purple, but now with green mould added. I suggest that you paint something with the paint that your vehicle is painted with and do demo patches of whatever is suggested onto that. If you do get offered film work, make sure that your time is paid for as there will be much more messing about and waiting than they will admit to.

David

[BCA]

I agree with David. This best solution is a very thin spray with an auto enamel ( probably black if it's s SWAT vehicle) then later repaint over top with your preferred paint. Ignore all offers of rubberized peel-off paints or water soluble latexes. They just don't work on our flat paints. Also beware of the on-set painters who love to age canvas with a sprayer full of diluted brown latex paint (" it will just wash off because we dilute it with dish soap": phooey!).

[rob love]

I have a US Humvee that should be in the province yesterday, and will be on movie set tomorrow. It has to be the desert tan/yellow rather than the regular NATO camouflage. My firend who is involved saif he can do it with chalk, but I told him to go ahead and just spray it. Military paint is cheap and easy to apply.

Hopefully next week I travel to the city to pick up the new toy.

Rob

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Jim

Our club worked on a TV movie years ago (1980s) supplies 10 + MVs I made up panels that covered the BBC markings on the side of my HUP. My HUP already had mud splattered on it from running around the movie location. Many of the other trucks and particularly the motor cycle were to clean so the art director sprayed them with their special mud which would wash right off. You guest it, it would not wash off the flat OD paint.

Worst situation was the B17 that was in the film they conned the owner into letting them paint, the tail, with their special paint that would wash off. It would not wash off having stained the paint. The tail got repainted at the movie companies expense.

It was an interesting way to spend a week, never paid so much to sit and watch and occasionally driving through in the background. The movie was a TV movie series about the Kennedys our part was about air base in England that Joe flew the flying bomb out of. In the end they cut 99% of what they shot from the version on TV.

One of the guys in our club supplies trucks fairly regularly to movie companies he just includes in the contract the price of a repaint.

Cheers Phil

[maple_leaf_eh]

For the amount of on-screen time most vehicles get, it seems like a high price to charge for a full repainting job.

However, what about spraying on a thin coat of vegetable oil? Then spray on the water paints, and watch for smudges and streaks. Both will come off with a high pressure wash.