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painting battered deeks


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I have just been rumaging through my shooting gear trying to clear out unwanted gear.

I have come across the 14 full bodied deeks my dad used for..well atleast 20years.

 

They are badly discoloured, some near enough all black now.

I want to spruce them up abit and get using them again.

 

What paint have you found best for the grey body?

And where to get it please

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I'm sure that TC and others will have their ideas and they have been at this far longer than me , but when I wanted to take the shine off some new plastic shell decoys so they didn't reflect the sun so much I went into Homebase/B&Q type stores and bought some small "trial pots" of paint. I think they were about 1.99 each or 3 for a fiver so you can get yourself a black white and grey which should sort you out ok.

 

The shells probably took 2 hours overall painting time (18 of them) and that included doing the body with grey the tail with black and the all important white neck and side flashes.

 

Even if I do say so myself (no-one else will) I think they came out OK as they do pull the birds in (when there are some around that is) it's just that I can't hit the bstds when they do.

 

good luck;

 

PS... it's good to use some of your Dad's old gear. Mine passed away a few years ago but I always take a couple of bits of his old kit when I go shooting.

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