Decoy Paint

[Displaced_Vol]

I try to convert old mallards into divers every couple years. In the last I've just done generic looking "bluebills" but am thinking I'll take a run at some cans this year. Sprayed down the old decoys yesterday with the spray in bed lined from rust oleum.
Anybody done this and have a color recommendation for the head?

I also watched a surviving duck season video on YouTube and he painted some old mallards into snow geese. That's pretty intriguing.

 

[kopter doktor]

I try to convert old mallards into divers every couple years. In the last I've just done generic looking "bluebills" but am thinking I'll take a run at some cans this year. Sprayed down the old decoys yesterday with the spray in bed lined from rust oleum.
Anybody done this and have a color recommendation for the head?

I also watched a surviving duck season video on YouTube and he painted some old mallards into snow geese. That's pretty intriguing.

we have been doing that for years,we paint to look like ross geese,and i do the same with worn out canadien decoys,paint them for different species,i do specs,blues and juvys.i do this ever year,and love it.

 

[Smashdn]

Primer red for the head.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

Thanks. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

 

[big 8s in Weakley county]

Just put you some white on each side and alittle on the head and you will be good to go

 

[Displaced_Vol]

Just put you some white on each side and alittle on the head and you will be good to go

Oh yeah I just figured I'd give something a little more involved a shot. Telework + quarantine + season split... gotta find something to fill the time