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Things do change, but all the flocking kits (pigeon and crow) that I have tried in the past, have been a total waste of money.

Although I accept a small part of the problem may be that I have no natural DIY skills.

 

It was trying to smarten up some old pigeon shell decoys and that led me to try the Sillosocks sleeves, which are excellent.

I also found that painting my crow decoys with a few coats of blackboard paint was very successful.

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Things do change, but all the flocking kits (pigeon and crow) that I have tried in the past, have been a total waste of money.

Although I accept a small part of the problem may be that I have no natural DIY skills.

 

It was trying to smarten up some old pigeon shell decoys and that led me to try the Sillosocks sleeves, which are excellent.

I also found that painting my crow decoys with a few coats of blackboard paint was very successful.

You know you are not allowed to use that word Cranfield :lol:

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There are grey flocking kits (for car dashboards) on fleabag for £20 and grey flocking fibres for about £10.

But if you are refreshing plastic decoys which have gone shiney then you could mix fullers earth with your acrylic paints. This gives a good mat finish which doesn't shine in sun or rain.

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Well there you go all good advice.Like the blackboard paint, just goes to show the best solutions are the simplest ones but anyone notice flocked decoys work best when new but painted shells get better with age. Anyone using fuds getting mixed response from people from best thing since sliced bread to about as much use as a chocolate tea pot i know the best decoys are dead birds but leave them out in this weather and they're only fit for the hedge

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Well there you go all good advice.Like the blackboard paint, just goes to show the best solutions are the simplest ones but anyone notice flocked decoys work best when new but painted shells get better with age. Anyone using fuds getting mixed response from people from best thing since sliced bread to about as much use as a chocolate tea pot i know the best decoys are dead birds but leave them out in this weather and they're only fit for the hedge

Maybe the maggots will attract something. :)

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When I worked for a building firm I touched up my decoys once a year with whatever was available from the paint store, Rooks they got a coat of Black Masonry paint or stove paint, Pigeons they were touched up with white undercoat paint, and when I had my gun punt I used to give the outside two coats of dark grey undercoat paint, International paint preferred but I used any brand if it was free .

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