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Pre-duck season decoy prep - paint touch-up and flocking
Posted on 9/6/17 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 9/6/17 at 12:56 pm
With big duck season only 52 days away (Oklahoma Zone 1 Opener), I've started in earnest to prep my gear. One of my biggest priorities this offseason was making my decoys more visible by highlighting the contrast areas and by increasing my drake to hen ratio to where I'm now running 2 hens per dozen.My decision to go with higher contrast and lower hen numbers was in part influenced by some trail cam pics that CajunCommander posted after last season. The hens in the pictures were hardly noticeable but the drakes really stood out. In particular the breast on sprigs, the cotton tops on wigeon and the back and tail of mallards.
I started off my decoy prep my re-flocking the heads on my mallard drakes and re-painting the white collar. The flocking really sets off the decoys IMO. The flocking I use is from AeroOutdoors and I highly recommend it and the glue they provide.
Next I touched up the black and white tail feathers on the mallard drakes and pintail drakes as well as adding fresh white paint to the pintail breast. The paint I used here is Rustoleum Oil-based paint in flat black and white. Available at Lowe's in a 4oz can.
My most recent project was some wigeon drakes. Most of them I just touched up the cotton-tops and flocked the face to go along with highlighting the black and white feather details. I had one pair of drakes that I also had to repaint the mottled neck area. It was time consuming but I think they turned out well. The white and black paint was the Rustoleum again. The neck base color and beak blue were custom acrylic mixes I whipped up using a couple of different colors - a mediumm gray base for both. For the neck I added a buff/biege color and for the beak I added a cerulean blue.
After adding any paint, I clear coat with the Krylon 1311 Matte Finish. It seems to help with paint adhesion as well as add a little depth to the colors. Do not spray the clear coat on the flocking though. Not sure why not, but the manufacturer specifically says to avoid it.
So, anyone else repainting decoys are getting in other duck season prep?
I started off my decoy prep my re-flocking the heads on my mallard drakes and re-painting the white collar. The flocking really sets off the decoys IMO. The flocking I use is from AeroOutdoors and I highly recommend it and the glue they provide.
Next I touched up the black and white tail feathers on the mallard drakes and pintail drakes as well as adding fresh white paint to the pintail breast. The paint I used here is Rustoleum Oil-based paint in flat black and white. Available at Lowe's in a 4oz can.
My most recent project was some wigeon drakes. Most of them I just touched up the cotton-tops and flocked the face to go along with highlighting the black and white feather details. I had one pair of drakes that I also had to repaint the mottled neck area. It was time consuming but I think they turned out well. The white and black paint was the Rustoleum again. The neck base color and beak blue were custom acrylic mixes I whipped up using a couple of different colors - a mediumm gray base for both. For the neck I added a buff/biege color and for the beak I added a cerulean blue.
After adding any paint, I clear coat with the Krylon 1311 Matte Finish. It seems to help with paint adhesion as well as add a little depth to the colors. Do not spray the clear coat on the flocking though. Not sure why not, but the manufacturer specifically says to avoid it.
So, anyone else repainting decoys are getting in other duck season prep?
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Posted on 9/6/17 at 1:04 pm to The Last Coco
impressive 
Posted on 9/6/17 at 1:17 pm to The Last Coco
I admire your free time and work ethic. I ordered Direct TV for the camp today. Took me 1.5 hours on hold.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 1:45 pm to The Last Coco
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The Last Coco
Where are you located? I have about 4 dozen to drop off for you to paint prep for me.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 1:47 pm to The Last Coco
Damn. Those look great.
What does a kit to do mallard heads and the glue run you, and how many drakes can you do?
What does a kit to do mallard heads and the glue run you, and how many drakes can you do?
Posted on 9/6/17 at 1:53 pm to Clyde Tipton
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What does a kit to do mallard heads and the glue run you, and how many drakes can you do?
You can order 4, 8 or 16oz of both the flocking and the glue. I ordered 8oz of both which was around $35 after shipping I think. You can easily do 3-4dz greenheads with that, maybe more. So less than $1/greenhead.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 2:10 pm to The Last Coco
Good looking dekes. Myself, I can't fathom doing something like that. .
Posted on 9/6/17 at 2:36 pm to The Last Coco
Nice looking decoys. I am a big believer in white in my decoy spread. I use some spoonie drakes because the white really stands out at a distance. I also have a few canvasbacks for the same reason. Ducks that are far off can spot them in my opinion.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 3:27 pm to The Last Coco
I woke up at 330 Saturday and couldn't go back to sleep excited for dove season. So I went in the shed and repainted some blue wing teal decoys I had. I also had bought some of the spray foam. Drilled two holes in the decoys and filled them up. Now I don't have to worry about lil Cootkilla sinking my decoys. 
Posted on 9/6/17 at 3:53 pm to The Last Coco
Looks great!
Posted on 9/6/17 at 4:18 pm to LSUballs
Looks great, I've done all my mallard Drake heads and a few old ghg Drake's I did the whole body. Pretty simple process. I used Rust-Oleum paint for the adhesive.
Posted on 9/6/17 at 6:11 pm to The Last Coco
nice job...
these are a few I'm working on...
these are a few I'm working on...
Posted on 9/6/17 at 6:20 pm to The Last Coco
My paint job on decoys consists of some flat brown on flaked spots 
some of my decoys are in great shape and some look like they're drunk when floating
some of my decoys are in great shape and some look like they're drunk when floating Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:16 am to The Last Coco
Each year when I pull my blocks out, I separate the good, the bad, and the ugly. Wash em again then begin the touch up and patching. Use glue gun for small holes, super glue with scrap pieces of decoy for the larger holes. Usually have to heat the pieces so they will be a little more pliable. Then arrange by species, and paint accordingly. Mallard drakes green head, green wing teal head has green also as does pintails wing and widgeons head. Then white for sprigs, mallards wings and butt, scaups, spoonies etc. Then get to mallard hens heads and body with brown paint and so on. Last is the beaks. Bought a painting set over 20 years ago from some hunting outfit catalog. Was mallards and pintails, both genders. It was a paint by numbers kit, still have some of it, lots paint has dried out so I experiment with hobby paint. I get the grandkids involved they love it, for about 30 minutes.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:36 am to The Last Coco
Again, those look flocking amazing. This seems like a project I could get into after watching a couple of how to youtube videos.
My next question is wear and tear. Do you use a decoy sack where they can knock each other around or do you have a slotted bag to protect each decoy?
My next question is wear and tear. Do you use a decoy sack where they can knock each other around or do you have a slotted bag to protect each decoy?
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:40 am to LSUballs
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Good looking dekes. Myself, I can't fathom doing something like that. .
Takes a certain level of dedication and patience that I just simply don't have.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:43 am to 34venture
Not to mention sobriety.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:44 am to LSUballs
Goes without saying.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 9:53 am to LSUballs
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Not to mention sobriety.
I do my best work shite housed. I was already factoring in beer cost along with the other supplies needed.
Posted on 9/7/17 at 10:23 am to Clyde Tipton
I use slotted bags for the decoys that I fully flocked. For the Drake's that I just did heads on they are Texas rigged in a big rig em right bag. They hold up extremely well. I touched up a lot last year, but this season I don't think I will need to do any. Keeping the flocking clean from mud is the hardest part. I am alittle more careful when putting my spread out these days
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