Spruce Green Coveralls - Heads up

Hello all. My first post though I have been lurking around here for awhile. I thought I would give a heads up to where to get some great coveralls I found in case anyone was looking.
On Ebay sold by I believe snoopiecoupie are some Reed coveralls in spruce green. I think they have a couple sizes available. The pictures appeared to be much lighter colored than I wanted, but for the price $13.50 +shipping I thought I would give em a try. Received them today and was pleasantly surprised the color turned out to be exactly what I was looking for. Similar to the school scene in H1. Looking forward to weathering them a bit.
Just thought I would pass this on.
Marc

Thanks for the info, very useful.

Mind posting some pics of them? I’d really like to see.

I checked on ebay and found it. Looks pretty good to me.
Thanks for the info !

Link here.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/REED-SPRUCE-GREEN-UNLINED-COVERALLS-SIZE-44-x-33-NEW-/351851639318

Here are a few pics. These are size 44 chest 33 inseam and are just a little long. Gonna have the wife hem them up a little. I’m 5’11" about 205lbs and i’m hoping after a few washings they will shrink a bit for a snugger fit although I could get away with it as is. They seem to kind of change color with different lighting as I tried to show in the last couple pics, pretty cool. Sun was shining through the window on them and I was just messing with the curtains to change the lighting.

Sorry the pictures are a bit grainy.
Not too bad for the price!

Marc

Oh yeah, those are really nice. Thanks for sharing, might have to pick up a pair of these.

Thought I would mention, the right breast pocket flap is stiched on the sides.
I was going to just remove the stiching to create the flap.

This way these coveralls are great for the H2 look.

These are very H1 accurate. About the closest I can ever find still for sell. I think they should be darker, but everyone has their own color choice

I wish Reed was still making their coveralls this way. To my knowledge, they no longer make spruce; the only colors available on their site are navy blue, royal blue, a fairly light charcoal, and white. Also, these have a slightly different front pocket design and have elastic on the sides like the H1/H2s, which the current production reeds unfortunately lack.

Yeah I saw that on their site too. I was considering going for the charcoal, but saw these.
They were listed as new with tags on Ebay. They are new, but I wonder why they were so cheap. I was thinking maybe some kind of factory imperfection, but the only thing I see is the Reed tag is a little tilted.

I bought the same ones last year. Once you dirty them up and work on them a bit, they are really quite nice for $15
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That looks cool. I don’t really know the first thing about weathering coveralls. It will be a fun learning experience. :wink:

Weathering coveralls is quite fun, but can be tedious. Just remember, start out lightly weathering, and only add more weathering if you think it needs it. You can always add more, but its hard to go back. Good luck! If you need some help with anything let me know and I’ll try to answer to the best of my abilities

Thanks for the tip! I’ll post some pics when I finish

One tip for weathering: spray paint can be a good choice for making oil spots and general “wear” patterns on coveralls, but it leaves the coveralls kind of sticky and smelling like…well…spray paint :mrgreen: . If you go to craft stores (michaels, hobby lobby,etc.), however, you can find fabric spray paint that leaves the coveralls considerably less sticky upon drying and has smells much better. you can get more “spray” out of a can of regular spray paint as the cans are smaller, but they’re not expensive at all.

Ahh good ole “Snoopiecoopie” I bought my REEDS from the same seller and I love them!

Where can I get some spruce green or olivewood coveralls, I’m 5’9 chest is about 42 and waist is 38?

Spruce Green I find Red Kap makes a really good model that almost matches H2 with subtle differences ie. Pocket flap on one etc. Super cheap too.

Here are some spruce green coveralls, not sure what they are though. Might be red kaps, not sure: https://www.ebay.com/itm/MENS-100-COTTON-COVERALLS-SIZE-38R-SPRUCE-GREEN/301060659365?hash=item46189d18a5:g:FzkAAOxygPtSyYfF:rk:4:pf:0