Painting camon on boat, advice needed

[Spear]

I have two boats that I want to paint camo on for waterfowl huninting. One is a cheap sport pal aluminum job already painted with moss green colour the other a cheap plastic canoe. Any advice on the type of paint you would use that is durable and will stick? Colours you would use? I hunt a lot in the long grass late in the season, the reeds are turning yellow from green then.

Any advice on this would be helpful even on how to paint a pattern on the canoe, any tricks to make it look real?

[be2man]

I used the Krylon camo spry paint from Can Tire and seems to be staying on reasonably well, paint adhesion depends alot on the prep work. Most recommend a good sanding and wipe down with acetone pre painting. As far as camo pattern I went with large geometric pattern ala WWII battleship and it use Mojo "Blind Ghillie" nets over if hunting marsh/grass cover. I think the fine detailed camo patterns all turn into one blob of dark colour when viewed from a distance

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/Be2man/IMG_1551.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j221/Be2man/IMG_1554.jpg

You may want to check out "the duck and goose hunters refuge" in the "boats blind and gadgets" forum. They've got some "stickied" how to questions and answers on boat painting and stencilling

[Greg]

be2man that's a great looking boat :)

[franklauzon]

Here's an old link to my boat... And the process we've used...

The paint is holding up fine, aside from the cast aluminum piece on the nose and two corners, maybe should have given them more teeth...

[Spear]

Franklauzon: Did you intend to put a link with that last post?

[franklauzon]

No, I've got such developed Ninja skills that it actually slipped onto the internet.

For you non-ninja folk...

http://www.canadianhuntingdogs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=742&highlight=miss+ugly

[Drew Good]

Here is the link he forgot to attach.....

http://www.canadianhuntingdogs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=742&highlight=boat

Drew

[Kevin Hannah]

No, I've got such developed Ninja skills that it actually slipped onto the internet.

For you non-ninja folk...

http://www.canadianhuntingdogs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=742&highlight=miss+ugly

:cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

[franklauzon]

See Drew has da Ninja skills, hence his reposting mere momments after my post.

[Huntmaster]

Drew does have the Ninja skills, every post that talks about a link, but cant find it, drews the man!!! :nice work: But I just though you camoed the link to Frank, and we couldnt see it!

[Little Brit]

Great web site for all that duckhuntingchat.com

[webfoot]

Here's an old link to my boat... And the process we've used...

The paint is holding up fine, aside from the cast aluminum piece on the nose and two corners, maybe should have given them more teeth...

Frank remember who told you to call Ron Banks!
Webfoot:first:

[PPinQC]

Here are some pics of the boat I put together last year. I bought the boat in AR and did the rest of the work up here myself...

The inside shelves, I just used the krylon colors. I tried to use the camoclad stickers, but lacked the patience...

The outside of the boat, I used the Nat gear colors and mats. I opted only to use the two colors... there was supposed to be a red layer as well, but I didn't think it would work well for where I hunt.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/lostcabin2/IMG_0821.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/lostcabin2/IMG_0820.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/lostcabin2/IMG_0819.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/lostcabin2/IMG_0822.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/lostcabin2/IMG_0824.jpg

Good luck

[franklauzon]

Those pics are doing nothing to help sooth the big jon boat itch I've got lately... Beaty job!

[Jojoe]

...help sooth the big jon boat itch I've got lately...

Perhaps another reason to abandon the camo thong Frank...just a thought.:confused:

[Greg]

Get some cream for that will Frank :pukey:

That is one awesome rig!