Old Herters

[roy brewington]

Well , I was waiting to hear back from about guy about a fiberglass banks style dory project and my 10 y/o daughter was asking make fish(tie flies), build a bird house, or build something . So what else am I supposed to do. I pulled down the first bag of the herters , grabbed titebond and the tote of walnut hulls. They helped for about 2 birds each (10 y/o’s) 5 year old stuck around for a few more. He liked doing the walnut coating . Got about 20 done too/bottom with one coat and just didn’t 6 more just the bottom. So about 16 more to do the first coat. Daughter stole a hen bb for her room since the boys both have decoys in their rooms, fair I guess. Hopefully they will help more with the painting . My daughter was scrolling Steve’s how to section for the painting, Steve, FYI she says “oh I can do that too dad “.

The dog pic was from earlier when I was about to head to a buddies for his trailer to pick up the dory. She came in covered in what I thought was poop , but I think she just rolled around at the neighbors with her dogs in the fresh cut grass that was in a puddle. Had to get the kids out of the truck and wash her……

Tony

I normally keep some lengths of thin electric fence style line cut into 16" lengths to insert thru head bolt hole with a hook bent on each end and just hang the decoys to dry after painting or restle coating. Allows full body coverage all at one time. Hung Out in the sun speeds up drying process and also lets any excess titebond simply run towards tail doing that process. This is the time of year i,ve always done those decoy projects ,outside weather permitting, on trestles and table. Mostly because the dull coat I spray over paint doesn,t like above about 35% humidity. Might work for you or might not but does speed up process a bit.

 

[Tony hall]

I normally keep some lengths of thin electric fence style line cut into 16" lengths to insert thru head bolt hole with a hook bent on each end and just hang the decoys to dry after painting or restle coating. Allows full body coverage all at one time. Hung Out in the sun speeds up drying process and also lets any excess titebond simply run towards tail doing that process. This is the time of year i,ve always done those decoy projects ,outside weather permitting, on trestles and table. Mostly because the dull coat I spray over paint doesn,t like above about 35% humidity. Might work for you or might not but does speed up process a bit.

I used a Philips screwdriver thru the head hole to help hold the decoy. The wire would be a good idea too. Unfortunately we aren’t getting over 70 this whole holiday weekend. Once I have 2 coats on each bird , I planned on putting them back into the attic to cook for a month or so.

Tony