How To Make Post Apocalypse Gloves

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With Mad Max Fury Road storming into cinemas in a visceral assault on just about every sense other than taste and with more events with Post Apocalypse elements or outright Mad Max inspired it made sense to share some tips on how to distress and age your kit properly, after all there is nothing worse in a post apoc world than clean kit.

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First we will cover how to make clothing and kit go from off the shelf new to that dusty used look seen in so many films.

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To begin you will need a few things, a bucket full of dust (I use a mix of cement, fullers earth and ash) a clear matt sealant, a tub of matt paint and gloves.

Next you need something to age, for the purposes of this I have chosen a military style thigh mounted pouch. This is not off the shelf new but has had no ageing treatment thus far.

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Now that the paint is on you want to get the dust on as quickly as possible to ensure it bonds with the still wet paint.

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You now need to pat the dust into the material. You can do this as hard or as soft as you fancy, the aim is just to get the dust into the paint. Once this is done you need to spray the areas with dust with clear matt sealant. Do this from a distance of at least 12 inches. When you do this you will notice in some areas the paint becomes visible again, fear not.