Boat Blinds

VolunteerzGuy · Sep 17, 2017

I built my first boat blind last year. It was a learning experience for sure.

That's the only photo I have of it. I was still working on framing it out at that point. It was a little too hard to set up once on the water and you had to have 2 people to do it, at least and the top was too open.

I was determined to redo the entire thing this year. I had 2 goals: extra emphasis on concealment and one person set-up. The first blind I used conduit for the frame. It's light but it will sag easily and drilling even holes is a pain. This year I went all square tubing, aluminum 1/8" wall and some steel 16ga. After 2 months of working a few hours a day it's just about ready.

After the football game goes off I plan to pull it out of the shop and finish painting some of the grass. I'll snap some better pictures then.

Would like to see your boat blind and exchange ideas. Thanks.

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VolunteerzGuy · Sep 17, 2017

I'm very pleased to say the least.

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Crazyeye · Sep 17, 2017

Looks good. I have an avery quick set blind. I need to put some grass on it this year. Did you just spray paint the grass to make it darker? I have been looking at the killer weed. I need something to help hide in buck brush and timber. If the sun is right the quickset hides ok.

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VolunteerzGuy · Sep 17, 2017

Yes I used the Brown and Darker Green Krylon camo paints. I just sprayed it enough to tone down the brightness of the grass mats and hopefully allow it to blend better.

I used Avery grass mats for the front back and top and a little bit of Raffia on the bow and stern ends.

I've got probably about 8 lbs of Raffia grass left over, 6 or 7 different hues all together that I'd be willing to sell. I bought 10 lbs but only used very little of it. Also have 2 grass mats left over.

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