CAMO UP A BOAT AND IT LOOKS GOOD???

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todd c

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how do you camo up a boat professinally? 1000, deniar cordura max/4 or mossy oak over fiberglass and under gel coat? (probably pricee) hAS any one done this. i read something like this a while back on a tdb. or paint it witch i dont think the spray can colors are accurate. and if i doit it will come out like $#!&. do i take my chances with a garage. who has the correct answere. and is there any pics out there of nice boat como jobs? and how it got there. thanks.
 
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A couple of the finer camo jobs came to mind...

Brad Taylor (not to be confused with "Brad Taylor NC") did encase camo cloth in resin. Most of his pics are out of his photobucket, but you could try PMing him. Although he hasn't posted much lately, I see he was logged on earlier this week.

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Not a great pic of the cloth, but all I could find in a quick search.

Also, Brian Rippelmeyer did an awesome job stenciling his BB3. Do a search, he has step by steps of his process.

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Otherwise, most go for the spraycan or brush on approach, and layer real grasses/vegitation or fast grass overtop of it.

Hope that helps
Chuck
 
Todd,
Lots of camo ideas out there. YOu can do it yourself in a myriad of different patterns using FME paints and brush, spray, stencil or mottle with sponges. There are some pics in our on-line-catalog on the website: www.lockstockbarrell.com
Holler with questions and let me know how we can be of service.
Lou
 
if you don't care how much money your going to spend look into having it wrapped in vinyl,,,,that's how all the pro fishermen get all those logos and crazy paint jobs on their boats,,,,they also do cars trucks buses and whatever,,,,I suspect you could get vinyl in camo,,
 
I used Lou's FME paints and some stencils. I'm happy with the results. This picture is before I finished the top deck, but the sides were finished. The base coat was Starcraft dead marsh grass, the second color was Nat Gear Grey and the cattails are a mix of the Starcraft and dark Brown. The shadow is Black. I rolled the base coat on and used an airbrush to paint the stencils.

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Todd I used parker coatings for the base Od Green and camo spray paint, and stencil's I cut out myself , it may not be the best job in the world but I'm proud of and everyone that has seen my boat likes it.
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I had the same questions when I purchased my duckboat, which is a fiberglass hull. I got a lot of great advice from this forum, this is what I did.

I purchased a gallon of FME (Flat Marine Enamel) from Lou Tisch (Lock Stock & Barrel, he is on this forum), it was #28 Dead Grass Green. The paint costs more than most, but you certainly get what you pay for, outstanding product! Lou also provided me with step by step instructions for surface prep and application.

Basically, I sanded the entire hull down, used a solvent to remove anything else then painted the entire hull with 2 coats of FME. I brushed it on, but instructions are also included for shooting the FME. The first coat goes on thin, the 2nd coat goes on thicker. The FME wears like iron! I have had this boat through ice, up against docks, rocks, etc and the FME doesnt chip or scratch!

To finish off my boat, I bought black, brown & tan Parkers spray paints from Cabelas, along with a stencil to spray on a pattern similar to Mossy Oak Wetlands. The black "bark like" pattern went down first, then some brown reeds, followed by tan reeds over the entire boat. Of course I grass the entire boat for duck season, but the camo pattern below certainly helps.

Here are some photos of the entire process:

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Boat as originally purchased

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Sanding the hull

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Painting the hull with FME #28 Dead Grass Green

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Finished product

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Another shot of the boat finished
 
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