My try at Derek's decoy idea.

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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I wanted to try to make the roundest looking block possible, so instead of cutting a slice to put the foam in through, I dialated some small holes with a pencil and inserted the tube. The foam pressure built up pretty good, and it wasn't a big mess of overflow like I expected. I still think it would look better with a 3D head instead of a silly, but that's just me. I plan to make a few more. If you missed Derek's Zumwalt's first post about this, its not too far down if you want to have a look. Don't go buying new canvas either, a pair of old jeans has a nice amount of stretch to them. I wanted to try using an old t-shirt too. Leather would be cool! "New suede decoys for the guy who has everything!"

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Another thing I discovered is that by putting paint thinner over the glued joint the Gorilla glue didn't foam out as messy as usual. Maybe you guys already knew that?

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Mike
 
Cool little decoy Mike.

Did you put the paint thinner on the glue joint before or after you put the glue on...? I like Gorilla glue but not the foaming mess.

Thanks for the tip,

Jeff
 
I put the glue on the joint like normal, screwed it together, then "painted" the corner there with a brush full of thinner. I don't know exactly what happened, but it seemed to make a crust quickly and contained the external expansion. The thinner all evaporated and that's what I got.
 
Mike -very cool - looks great. The gorilla glue tip is one I have never heard of and will have to try out.

one quick warning: be careful to let them cure all the way before painting. I might have mentioned this in the past but was not sure. The VOC of oil paints on uncrued foam can cause it to shrink down/disfrom if paintred to quick and not allowed to cure. This is one of the reasons I like using old laytex house paint for base coating.
 
Thanks Mike. I remember the first time I used Gorilla glue I didn't use enough clamps and the results looked like somthing that had escaped from a lab experiment.....
 
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Leather would be cool! "New suede decoys for the guy who has everything!"
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So what would be the mark up on a "suede leather decoy" ? It might even be too pricey for LL Bean! One might have to market that one thru your friendly "Orvis" location. :>) :>)
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Nice Mike, and thanks for posting the pics.

I have done some Eider that are similar, but cut out the middle of the vertical board.
I then put the foam in through a hole in the bottom board, allowing to fill with only
one hole.
Then I can take the cut out portion, weight it, and attach it to the bootom as a keel
and to seal the hole.
Does that make sense?
I can take pics the next time if its unclear.
 
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