decoy flocking

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Frank BeFay

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any one tried applying flocking to decoy heads with behr ultra latex paint? used a lot of rustolium with good results. seemed like the latex might dry too fast.
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We flocked a bunch of Canada floater heads and tails using a flat black latex paint. it seemed like the paint was "thinner" than the oil based paint that we had used previously. It didn't seem to "hold" as many fibers and it definitely didn't hold up as well as the oil based flocked decoys. But we weren't comparing apples to apples. the decoys that we used the oil base on were full bodies. so no exposure to water and we bag all of the full bodies before we put them in the trailer. that being said; I would try just a few decoys and run them for a season to try before I did multiple dozens
 
Thanks Derek, I was afraid that your experience was what I was thinking would happen.
guess after painting 100's of decoys and 100s of flocked heads and some full body flocking you get familiar with the "feel" of paint. recently switched to behr ultra to get away from fumes and have more color choices. noticed right away that it dries in minutes vs 12 hrs for oil. It takes minutes to spread paint on a head or body so I thought the latex would be setting up and would not "grab" the fibers as well. your experience confirms that. I tried flocking on a primer coat, Zinsser oil primer, it dries too fast as well, adhesion was not great. also to your point the latex does seem to go on thinner, it seems thick but doesn't go on that way. Guess its oil or glue for flocking. thanks for your input!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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