Preciate it. I had a lot of great help when I started. Just paying it forward.

Hey Robbie: Yes, I use Goose Grey nylon flocking. Its by far the most commonly used color on waterfowl I find. The end result is greatly influenced by the color paint you use to adhere the flocking with. In the case of drake mallards, I prefer Gloss White to use as adhesive. Some folks prefer a bit darker/early season drake, in which case smoke grey or a mix of white and grey can be used. Goose grey looks kinda brownish when you look at it, but that mallard in my profile picture is done with goose grey. As are hen mallards (with almond underneath), canada geese (with almond on wings and light grey on sides and chest), hen woodies (with hen brown underneath), gadwall (with grey or almond underneath respectively), hen canvasbacks, hen ringneck side pockets, heads on black ducks, teal..... the list goes on lol.

I do the best I can with what I have, which is a cheap Amazon phone tri-pod and an i-phone. I try and get as much of it as i can on camera.

It’s called goose grey. The color you use under the flocking is just as important as the flocking itself. I use the same goose grey color on mallard bodies as I do on hens and Canada geese. Just change the color of the paint used as glue under them.

When I have some more to paint I will.

Just on putting the flocking on? its pretty straight forward. If you have facebook join the decoy flockers group. There is a pinned post that all the admins have kinda pieced together over the last few years and its a great resource. Don Mintz used to have some videos for sale. I think he may offer them for download now for about the same price. Whatever the price is for his knowledge and experience its money well spent.

@@andymartel7585 Thank you for the info!

Paasche VL either 3 or 5 tips/needles. I have some 1s but I almost never use them.

@@andymartel7585 The VLS has a nut that holds your big bottles on.

Thinned oil paints, while still pretty durable, are not as durable as MOST colors of nylon flocking (green for example washes out really bad, thats why i dont flock green on mallard heads). So by using black on the tail and brown on the chest (I sprayed it in the video but since I have gone back to flocking the brown on because I have found it to be more durable) I get a better and more durable finished product. I have found that it maintains its contrast better when it gets dirty as well. Two layers of properly colored flocking and oil paint are better than one light layer of paint so to speak.

I use paasche VL brushes. Size 3 and 5 tips/needles. I love them but I haven’t ever used anything else. I can rebuild them with my eyes shut lol.

Depends on the situation Jerry. Most of what I use on the bodies is thinned Rustoleum gloss. Cheap, durable, and sprays really well. Same stuff we use to adhere the flocking to the body. I thin with naphtha til it’s about the consistency of whole milk. Some colors I use Createx, and the irradescent/pearlized colors are createx also. Lastly, I use some goldens products. The pyrole orange is great for hen and speck bills. I use some of their colors for shading as well.

Createx wicked golden yellow.

10ml Leather Brown 10ml Yellow 5ml Almond adjust volume accordingly

@@andymartel7585 that is what I was guessing

Almost everything I spray is a rustoleum thinned with Naptha. On some species I have to use colors that I cannot custom mix with oils, so I use either Createx or Goldens acrylics. I often use them on the bill as well.

Where do you purchase your paint?

@@SuperToyotaSR5 What to you use to thin you acrylics? I have been spraying rustoleum water based paints and using craft store acrylic paint mediums for thinning. However, a couple ounces is expensive.