Sealing Dekes

The first step we took was to try and find a product that would give the decoy paint a protective finish without a lot of glare. After spending a considerable amount of money and trying a lot of products, we found a product that has worked extremely well for us to provide a protective finish without a tremendous amount of shine or glare. (One thing to keep in mind about real ducks on the water, on sunny days they give off a natural sheen because of the water and feather oil, so don't be too concerned it you have some shine to your decoys. It will look natural on the water.) The product that we use is: Krylon 1311 Matt Finish that can be purchased at most Wal-Marts and home improvement stores.
Typically we will spray our decoys with 2-3 light coats of the Matt-Finish but if these are decoys that will get a lot of abuse (i.e. carried in bags, tossed into boats) we'll give them up to 4 coats.

Found this on the net... Hope it helps.. Ed
 
"Three years ago, Jeff M sprayed some new Avery life-size and over-sized mallard decoys with 4 coats of Krylon 1311 Matt Finish and carried these decoys in bags and threw them in boats throughout the season and when we checked them at the end of the year they had only minimal chips and paint rub off."

Graig, I copied this also from another web site.. www.takeem.com I joined last night and was reading this artical thats why I posted it for the Capt. After reading this I would say yes ... on my cork decoys that are finished in oil's I use testers dull coat.

Hopefully Lou Tisch will chime in.. His is the guy to ask!!!
 
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