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RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

For the time and money spent keeping your old ones looking good, I have found it easier to just buy a new dozen or so every year and chuck some of the bad ones or give them away to somebody who wants them.

RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

The best way to keep them looking new is buy G&H decoys. I have G&H goose decoys that are 10 years old that look almost new. These decoys see a lot of use. For 4-5 weeks, we guide American hunters. I have had to throw more out from being shot by anxious hunters then that worn out paint.

Tikka Hunter

RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

hi guys ok i'll give my secrets away if you have decoys that have been shot or have a hole in them then here is what you do. go to the hardware store and get some "great stuff" it is a foam spray that you use for filling cracks in your house. drill a little hole 1/4 in the top of the decoy. drain all water out of it and spray it in the foam a little at a time, if you spray to much in at a time it will split it. but it works great. then they can shoot them and they will not sink. and will last for years to come. as far as paints go I have a airbrush kit and a small air compressor. it cost $40 for the kit and $125.00 for the air compressor. I get my paint from herders it last for two years or longer. this will keep your decoys looking good to be able to hand them down to your youth hunter. good hunting and let me know how it turns out.

stateline outdoors

Edited by - STATELINE OUTDOORS WATERFOWL GUIDES on 10/18/2002 12:48:47

RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

I just tried somthing new this year and it's worked great. Before season coat them with Armoral this really brings out the color especially in older decoys. I also just repainted 1 dozen of my decoys this year and sprayed them with a spray on satin finish polyurathane (don't think thats the right spelling but you get the idea) they haven't chipped or scuffed yet this year and they've already been through hell. The best ting about these methods is they cost about what $4.00 for a bottle of Armoral and about $6.00 for a can of polyurathane.

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RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

Herter's (Cabelas now) makes good decoy paint. I would stay away from spraying decoys with polyurethane or any thing shiny. ArmorAll also make the decoys too shiny. Trust me. I retouch my decoys before every season and they look great. Sometimes you have to sand them down with some very fine grit sand paper which makes the paint stick better. This has worked for me in the past. Hope this helps.

RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

AHHHHHHHH
in one season the dekes shouldnt get destroyed too much and
its far cheaper buying a can of spray paint than a friggin new dozen decoys
Brad

RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

I should have clarified. Armorall them and about 1-2 months before season starts if not longer. Also as far as the (satin finish)polyurathane goes I haven't had any problem with them being to shiny. But that's just me.

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RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

>>>> For Sprig it's pretty easy. Three cans of flat spray paint. Black,White and Gray. The more white the better. I turn all my hen dekes(except 2 or 3)into Bulls.

RE: Need help keeping dekes looking good
 

First off don't but cheap decoys such as Flambeau or Carrylite, if you must go plastic G&H is the way to go. Use a decoy bag not the mesh sack type but real decoy bags that are made for that purpose.
Second don't shoot you decoys! I read that post I had to chuckle to myself. I wouldn't use any type of coating. A glossy shine on your blocks doesn't look natural from a distance, I see so many that throw decoys to set them in cold weather and end up with a coatiing of ice that shines like a mirror and then wonder why they can't pull birds.
If they need touching up it is best to buy paint and go that route.