i'm not certain if this has been covered in years past but i've never seen it soooooo.
First i'm going to cut any people thinking this is a taggers dream, different concept of tactics.
people keep talking of marking buildings and what not but in every gear bag i have yet to see any spray paint or material for doing so.
i bring up spraypaint because it's more universal. You can use it to tag walls with your safe sign, and use it to camouflage your gear depending on what colors you use.
Just something to think about.
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Its highly toxic and if you get it on your food or in your water camouflaging your bag your screwed. You have to make sure it doesn't leak or spray inside your bag. Not fully a bad idea but care must be taken with things like that.
"I am the warrior in whom the old ways have combined with the new."
Never really considered it because I don't like the idea of leaving any sign that will tell someone where I am or where I'm going.
I had an idea of this nature. Lets call it "tactical tagging" and give it a real name ( there's one for the dictionary) . I was thinking of using UV ink to tag and then seal signs.
One well not everyone will know where to look and two its not out in the open. Sealing it well because I don't know if it will come off with water. Places like inside of a car window back or front would be a logical place. The downside is you would have to re tag it every so often because the natural light will deteriorate the UV receptors in the ink. And Yes tagging with spray paint would last longer but there is the downside of being completely visible.
But i see no need to spray your bag in camo. Well because you can buy some bags camo already.
One well not everyone will know where to look and two its not out in the open. Sealing it well because I don't know if it will come off with water. Places like inside of a car window back or front would be a logical place. The downside is you would have to re tag it every so often because the natural light will deteriorate the UV receptors in the ink. And Yes tagging with spray paint would last longer but there is the downside of being completely visible.
Now that's an idea. Kudos. I'd post my seal of approval, but I'm too lazy to do so right now. Except what method would you use to make finding it easier? Only paint certain types/colors/models/etc. of vehicles?
One thing I always do while backpacking is compartmentalize. Everything goes in it's own sealed ziplocked bags. This keeps them dry and makes everything easier to find. I also line my pack with a heavy duty constructors bag which I tied shut. I usually keep fuel at the bottom of my pack outside of the liner so if it leaks and leaks out of the zip lock bag only the bag gets affected. I can still access it quickly though because of a zipper on the bottom. The same could be done with spraypaint or you could keep it in an outside pocket.
As for the concept of tagging I like it. Certain symbols are universal and could be used to communicate with other survivors or a system of your own to remember things would be very useful. I plan to write an article on this topic sometime in the near future so any helping posts would be appreciated.
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either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not
particularly difficult. Be determined and advance."
Why use spray paint? wouldn't it be easier just to take a rock or something and just dig into the door/wall/whatever? You wouldn't need to worry about contamination or destruction of gear, unless the elements wear away at the surface you don't really need to worry about having to constantly re-tag, and you could also scratch the tag in a discreat locating like maybe one of the bottom corners or something.
oh it'll get you somewhere, it'll get you bait
I wouldn't want to be carrying around spray paint because of the sound it would make with all the movement. Maybe using some old sidewalk chalk (kind you get for kids) would also serve around the same purpose. Of course spray paint is very useful but I just wouldn't want anything else making more noise than necessary.
Because the Muppet Show said so.
i simply brought up spray paint as an idea for marking and do me a favor and play out this scenario
your getting chased by a handful of zombies and your sprinting at a building and your scared. Will you really be able to tell apart some scratches from a rock compared with where a car hit the building and several bullet holes and scorch marks?
what about the whole "discreet location", i don't feel like playing Where's Waldo just to know it's safe and i don't think you do either.
i realize the same from the first scenario can hold true with spray paint or chalk too with the other tagging done by other survivors, but you could put it into a place that'd be visible.
Fine then, find a thing of paint and put a big red X on the door, I said a discreet rock scratch because you guys were saying that the spray paint is too visible MAKE UP YOUR MINDS do you want visibility or do you want to keep outsiders out?
And the chalk would end up washing away once it rains. or wet in some way.
oh it'll get you somewhere, it'll get you bait
I like the idea of using chalk. I think that the part about it washing away would be a plus. After zday you will not know if the sign is current. For all you know you could be following marks to a safehouse that is no longer safe. If you use chalk you know that the sign is current.
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