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Been working on figuring out paint on a couple dozen bluebills I carved, but I have had WAY too little time as I've been trying to get ready for the bluegrass festival I'm putting on in a week. I have been doing a ton of experimenting on these guys, some stuff has worked well, some, not so much. However, I think I've finally decided on how to get from point A to point B in a way that I can live with. I've got this preener ALMOST done...still have some dark color touch-up, but he's close. I kind of like this one with his bill tucked under his feathers. The others are gonna have to wait awhile until I get back from Susanville.

That. Is. AWESOME. Looks great MG.

Very nice! Foamer?

3legged_lab wrote:Very nice! Foamer?

Affirmative. Restle coated it first, then burlapped, then sealed with marine spar varnish, base coat of Rustoleum, then two coats of flocking and airbrushed. Gonna experiment later with adding a coat of two part epoxie (pool paint). Objective is to make the toughest, most durable carved foam decoys in existence.

That's pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing.

What do you use when you burlap it? (For the sticky)

Very nice work Gene. I remember your work from a couple of other forums, you must have quite the spread by now.

I have the wife paint them with her tongue when my bills err balls get blue.

Sorry, couldnt resist. Forgive me plz?

What ever hapened with your fiberglass experiment? I'm pretty sure that was you. They looked pretty tough.

that looks fantastic! great job man!

jehler wrote:What do you use when you burlap it? (For the sticky)

Acrylpro tile adhesive.

flight control wrote:Very nice work Gene. I remember your work from a couple of other forums, you must have quite the spread by now.

I don't really have that many. I kept a couple dozen of the ones I made last year (bluebills...big fatties), but all the ones I've done this year I've sold. Down side is I still only have a couple dozen bluebills decoys. Upside is duck season will be paid for in advance next year.

flight control wrote:What ever hapened with your fiberglass experiment? I'm pretty sure that was you. They looked pretty tough.

Never really did anything else with it. Didn't really want to mess with the resin.

Cool. Are you looking to make a buisness out of it or is it just a hobby that pays for itself? I had a few people try to buy mine but I've become attached to them.

Do you use the pink insulation foam board from home depot? Anything special to glue pieces together? Can see the foam in pics just making sure of the right source. Blocks look amazing.

Lookin good Gene

Thats out of control, Gene

Nice work.

flight control wrote:Cool. Are you looking to make a buisness out of it or is it just a hobby that pays for itself? I had a few people try to buy mine but I've become attached to them.

It's somewhat of a business. Maybe more of a glorified hobby. I've got orders for about 5 dozen more duck decoys, and I've got 16 full body specs in the shop waiting to get flocked and painted. Let's just say I'm getting busier than I thought I would.

Flightstopper wrote:Do you use the pink insulation foam board from home depot? Anything special to glue pieces together? Can see the foam in pics just making sure of the right source. Blocks look amazing.

Yep, that's the stuff. You can put it together with a couple small spots of 5 minute epoxie if you want to work on it immediately, or you can gorrilla glue it if you can wait overnight.

Very Nice!

Mean Gene wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:Do you use the pink insulation foam board from home depot? Anything special to glue pieces together? Can see the foam in pics just making sure of the right source. Blocks look amazing.

Yep, that's the stuff. You can put it together with a couple small spots of 5 minute epoxie if you want to work on it immediately, or you can gorrilla glue it if you can wait overnight.

I'm diving in, those look too damn cool. Been reading on workingdecoy. Is that burlap or restle? Flocked?

Nice looking bird. Good job!

That is pretty sweet!!!!

Flightstopper wrote:
I'm diving in, those look too damn cool. Been reading on workingdecoy. Is that burlap or restle? Flocked?

All of the above. Restle, then burlap, then flocked. The "shell" finishes hard as a rock.

Wow that's badass!

Mean Gene wrote:

Flightstopper wrote:
I'm diving in, those look too damn cool. Been reading on workingdecoy. Is that burlap or restle? Flocked?

All of the above. Restle, then burlap, then flocked. The "shell" finishes hard as a rock.

Wow, I bet!

Awesome job those look to nice to hunt with!

Well hello reel cranky

jehler wrote:Well hello reel cranky

Hello to you jehler

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jehler wrote:Well hello reel cranky

Hello to you jehler