I've Looked Everywhere On How To Give Cardboard A Shine
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moofactory
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crome dipping?
BlacRoseImmortal
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clear nail polish? resin? crisco?
You can probably use just about anything to give it a shiney surface....
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You can probably use just about anything to give it a shiney surface....
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Skullcandy Girl
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CLear coat Spray paint in Satin Finish....
redragon74
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silver sprey paint? 
Spartan 051
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That way works really well. Ive done that with table tops for warhammer 40k to get the water effect and looks amazing when you get it all donedemon2005 said:
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BlacRoseImmortal
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You seriously used Crisco? As in cooking lard?..... um, I'm not sure if ants or orther sorts of creatures like Crisco.... You MAY not have that piece of Crisco covered cardboard tomarrow, the ants might have walked away with it....
RadioactiveMicrobe
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Well, if your looking for a shiney finsh and still want the cardboard color, I use this resin-stuff that you pour on a surface to kind of seal it. I use it for table tops and the like. But if you want it to look like...metal, for instance, then a chrome spray paint of a rust-o-leum Hammered metal spary paint, it's all your preference.
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Overlord Ian
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For cardboard, I like to use "truck bed liner" spray before painting, it gives it a more realistic look, and gives it a coat of plastic material. Then paint it however you want. You dont want your armor too shiny, because as a SPARTAN, we never seen to have "clean" armor.
GMer56
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I'm working on an Elite costume for Halloween. I found that after giving cardboard a paint job that I give it at least 2 coats of hair spray (you know, the kind that makes your hair stand on end ) and it gives it a great finish (I'm suprised how well it turned out) and as it turns out, Crisco (the lard-type stuff) is only shiny for a few hours, then it dries up and turns invisible...
I don't think I could afford truck liner, my budget is very low... so far $7 for fabric and paint (yay walmart!)
) and it gives it a great finish (I'm suprised how well it turned out) and as it turns out, Crisco (the lard-type stuff) is only shiny for a few hours, then it dries up and turns invisible...I don't think I could afford truck liner, my budget is very low... so far $7 for fabric and paint (yay walmart!)
michaelbak
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Rub on Silver?
Macattack64
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I found it!!! Rub N Buff
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redragon74
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now thats some cool junk
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