Bobba Posted September 30, 2012 Report Share Posted September 30, 2012 Just a cautionary tale for those, who like me, know nothing about the basics of different types of paint. I though I would refresh a few of my full bodoed flocked decoys and as a start would give them an undercoat of flat matt car bar primer grey. Oooooooooops. I now know that these paints are cellulose based which reacts against whatever holds the flock coating to the decoy. As a result the flock bubbled / blistered and came away from the decoy. Fortunately I had only done two as a test bed. So the lesson is don't mix paint types. Incidentally, what paints do others use and how do you get a consistent colour for batch painting Regards Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 what i do is buy new decoys best way i find, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroku moocher Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 best paints to use are acylic paints.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Use FUDs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasting lead Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Acrylic paint with fine sand or fullers earth mixed in, you don't want them to shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miroku moocher Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 yep just a light dusting of realy dry earth on the still wet paint. leave to dry then brush the dust off ,the deeks are then duller than an all day session of match of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boo Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Used the fine sawdust collected in the sanding bags at the joinery shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) I've just used bathroom/kitchen emulsion on some of them. If left to dry fully seems to be OK. They have been out in the rain a few times and they are still OK. Otherwise acrillics are good. At least emulsion is relatively cheap and you can mix different colours to suit. You can also mix acrilic paint in with it as well. Make sure you use Matt emulsion though. Edited October 2, 2012 by Uncle Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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