Post pics of your Duck Boat.....

[MIKE IN lINO III]

I brought my Duck boat home and took out all of the seats and I will now attempt to paint it.

I need to get some ideas as how to Camo it.

Can you guys post some pics??????

I know I still need a lot of prep work to be done but I thought I could get a jump on the color scheme.

Thanks,

Mike

[BoxMN]

We used to camo ours up, but now we just go marsh brown on outside and olive on inside. On our big boat we have blind so that covers all. On small boat we throw camo material over the side, and on the Puddlers we do camo paint the top and attach raffia and other grass, and it really blends in 100%.

On the one about same size as yours, like I said we just have outside marsh brown and inside olive, with some marsh brown thin line camo pattern to break up the floor a bit. So the outside matches the cattails or reeds, and the inside matches the darker water (from the top).

Will be a fun project, have fun!

[Tom7227]

I went to a real paint store and asked the questions. They sold me some type of primer that you put on after you've sanded and cleaned the surface. It has lasted years when I used it, not so much the time I didn't.

I used a can and a brush to put on the base coat, the sort of dull tan/brown. Then I took a smaller brush, 1 inch or so, and put a lot of random lines over the base coat. I used black, gray, brown and green. If you look at the new patters they don't have the rounded shapes any more. When I wanted that I cut out templates from old file folders and used spray paint. I like the solid line method better.

I failed to put something decent down on the bottom of the boat to prevent slipping. I was wondering if you could use some of the spray bed liner material to get a rougher surface and then paint over it. I have a 14 foot rowboat without any fancy floor and it can get a bit slippery. I wish now that I had done something to solve that problem. I tossed sand onto the paint when it was wet but that just rubbed off as soon as you stepped on it.

You'll get a lot of advice to spray paint the boat and if you have access to a compressor and sprayer it may be a good option.

Old Thread with spray info..

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1277247/fpart/1

[HugoBox]

I haven't tried it myself, but I have heard of guys who mix course sand in with their paint for the floor. It supposedly give some extra grip. I would guess that it doesnt' take much to kick all the grains loose though.

[fishinfey8]

here this was on a diff page, i am going to finish her up this weekend...

before

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk23/fishinfey8/Picture026.jpg

after

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk23/fishinfey8/Picture062.jpg

I used a gravity paint sprayer for this project and it worked slick. The prep was the hardest, sanding took many hrs. Make sure you have a plan before you paint. I went with one solid color so that I can easily touch it up whenever it nees it. Good luck and enjoy it!

[MIKE IN lINO III]

Thanks for the pic fishinfey8,

I see that you took out one of your seats. How did that affect the stability of the boat?

I plan on taking one out also so I can get more decoys in the boat.

Mike

[fishinfey8]

I haven't taken it out yet since I yanked the middle bench but I never take it out in big/rough water so i'm sure for what I use if for, it should be fine. I don't think that stability will be an issue with two benches still giving it support and only 3ft. apart from each other...i'll let ya know when i take it out!