Gloss cures harder and holds the flocking better. When used on top of or under flocking it doesn’t shine.

Use gloss black and black flocking then airbrush the green on.

Gloss. Always gloss.

Cry harder about it

I have and I do. They are coming later this spring in their own video, drakes and hens both. I use sand paint with tan bisque flocking then layer burnt sienna and raw umber VERY lightly on the sides to slowly build up the color. Lastly I’ll cut in some white then overspray grey on the chest to give it that purplish/wine color. I don’t know why grey works for that. But it does. Personally, I think wigeon are about as difficult as it gets when it comes to flocking and airbrushing decoys. I have some pictures of them on my facebook page, Two Rivers Counterfeits Waterfowl Decoys, and the Decoys Flockers group has several as well.

Right on. Been slacking on posting. Got a pretty good lineup of stuff coming down the pipe. Both flocking and just general decoy repair and making for the average hunter.

Ooh I made this thing a while back. Just got around to doing the editing and splicing. Still got the same raggedy threads though. Got em on right now!

Wonderful! That’s why I make them. I love hearing that they are helpful. Makes it worth it!

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.

On drakes I use goose grey over almond. On hens I like a mix of feather brown and goose grey that I call “dirty head” over almond.

Yes I usually flock the body as well. Its easier to work on birds with removeable heads because you can do two different colors the same day. I use goose grey flocking over white paint (usually) on mallard drake bodies.

I haven’t stopped. I have one on deck that will be published soon. My son had a very comprehensive surgery that required most of my attention this past year.

No idea sir.

Just painting or flocking and then painting?

Had any luck yet? Smacked a couple ducks last week on some old ghg decoys I wanna reflock and paint, but don’t know which way to go first

I check in every so often

You’d need a biologist to answer that one.

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.

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 like acetone for oils and believe it or not, windex for createx and golden acrylics. I have a video on the channel about "backwashing" which covers what you are asking. Every so often (about once a week or anytime I'm switching from acrylic to oil or vice versa, I'll tear the airbrush down completely and use citrus strip to thoroughly clean all the internals. Q-tips are handy to have on hand as well as a blow gun for your compressor to blast out hard to reach places.

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.

Best way to describe it: “work of art”

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.

Third week of January. Bipolar east coast weather but still got some quality birds and had a wonderful time.

They are designed for hunting.

On hen black ducks its actually yellow. I like createx wicked golden yellow. The trick is to prime with self etch primer which is grey, then lightly over-spray the yellow which will give you that kinda olive green/yellow color. If you get heavy handed with it, you can overspray some flat black and wipe it as soon as you spray it. That will fill in the low spots with black as well which is a great trick to use on other species as well like bluebills and pintails. Works well on mallard drakes as well. For the drakes, use the same color just more of it to get that more intense yellow. On hen mallards, which might be the question you actually had; I use a white primer generally (zinnzer bulleye all surface) and a Golden's acrylic paint called Pyrole Orange.