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Try mbdng different proportions of different inks and leather dyes with varying amounts of brake fluid, comparing the results for staining power, flow, and consistency. You can try boiling them together and then using a thinner, as they may thicken when heated. You can also try adding brake fluid to bucket paint, and aluminum dust to make it shine. If someone else is using a paint recipe that interests you, which they refiase to divulge in full, craffit; get a sample and let it settle over time until it separates into its constituent parts. 265
Instead of painting on a surface, you can achieve the same effect by applying paint stripper to one that
Disguising Your Tools
If you are practicing freedom of expression in an area especially singled out for repression, it can be really inconvenient to have anything resembling a graffiti tool on your person. Here are tvi^o examples of v^^ays one can camouflage painting equipment as harmless household items.
Appendix
Chaffstick Container Marker
Ingredients
Chap STICK container Ink
Candle and matches
Felt chalkboard eraser
An eyedropper ? these come with many ink containers
Instructions i. Clean the chapstick out of the container.
2. Melt some wax into it from the candle, so the bottom is sealed and w^on't lealc any ink.
3. Use the eyedropper to fill the container vidth your ink of choice.
4. Rip a strip from the felt eraser. Cut off about 1/4-inch of the strip. Push it into the container, leaving enough space that you can fit the cap back on.
5. Get the eyedropper back out and drip some ink onto the eraser nib until it becomes saturated. Use it to write graffiti. When the nib gets dry, rejuice it with the eyedropper and ink.
VHS Cassette Paint Marker
Ingredients
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vhs tape with plastic sleeve
Screwdriver
x-acto knife or wire cutters
Craft glue gun and glue sticks
OR EPOXY
Duct tape
Ink
Old sock or other filler
Two CHALKBOARD ERASERS
First, pull off the piece that protects the exposed tape. This is where the chalkboard erasers will go. Next, unscrew the cassette casing and take everything out. Seal ofFthe interior with duct tape and epoxy so it won't leak: use the duct tape to span gaps, and fill them in with the epoxy. Don't count on the duct tape to seal anything by itself. Using the utility knife or wire cutters, cut all the plastic entrails out of the container. Once there's enough space for the filler and eraser nib to fit inside, line the seams of the casing with epoxy, then close it back up, sealing it shut. Now you have a completely sealed container for your ink.
Cut up your filler and stuff it into the case. Its role is to soak up the ink: the less you put in, the drippier your marker will be. Three-quarters of a container worth of filler should work nicely. Now cut up the felt of the chalkboard eraser so it can fit into the space where the tape was, to be a writing nib. It will take one whole eraser and part of another to fill the space there tightly. Epoxy all the eraser pieces together, for greater nib durability, and then epoxy them into position. Make sure the epoxy makes a tight seal around the nib, so all your ink doesn't leak out when you try to write.
It will take a lot of ink to fill this marker. Keep it in the original plastic case.
Instructions
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You can make a paint roller into a portable printing press. Use a razor blade to remove the fuzz in a reverse image of what you want to print. Dunk it in paint and roll it along a surface: your word or design will appear over and over {figure lo.S). It might be possible to adapt this method to bicycle tires or a cover that could be affixed to them, to print while riding.
You can use salt, lime, or other herbicides to write a big message in a green lawn. For an even more delayed effect, plant flower seeds in a pattern.
To emphasize the socially responsible aspects of graffiti writing, vinrite on dirty, mildewed sidewalks by cleaning them. Carry a small squeeze bottle of bleach and a scrub
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brush; draw or write with the bleach, and agitate the lines with the scrub brush. As you are "cleaning," you can try this in broad daylight.
