Yo Chuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just offering an unsolicited opinion but I really like that wash...it takes the edge off the new paint and looks better IMHO. Gives them a sort of Grayson Chesser look.

I have used a diluted acrylic wash on the hen mallards and blacks and it just seems to finish them.

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The wash looks great Pat.
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Are we voting on how to finish my half of the quartet?

Actually Pat, I'll stick with my original answer to your question which was "finsih them the way you'd finish your own". I like the way it mutes the color just a tad...and you said it will add duribility too, so go for it.

Looking great!

Chuck
 
Pat, nice light geese to add to your rig---Man, the comment about the canvas drinking the paint has me a mite concerned.. I hope you either gessoed or did some some sort of sealer on the canvas before applying any oil based paints--Problem is that the oils WILL rot the canvas.
Safe trip to the Holy Land, bud.
Hope you have time to get east again, even to ohio!
God Bless
 
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Man, the comment about the canvas drinking the paint has me a mite concerned.. I hope you either gessoed or did some some sort of sealer on the canvas before applying any oil based paints--Problem is that the oils WILL rot the canvas.
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That is interesting, because most recomendations I have seen on canvas decoys is for oil based enamels. However I would also think that after a base of Rustoieum and top coated with latex house paint, it would be all done drinking...usually the first coat or two really soaks it up, but after that you are just adding to the surface.
 
Chuck, the reason gesso was invented was that oil paint tended to cause problems with canvas, and even boards, when painted upon directly. It creates an impermeable barrier between the canvas and paint, while providing a good surface for oils to adhere- Just a simple piece of information i picked up years ago, when i painted with oils.
Whatever rolls your socks.
 
These puppies have 2 coats of flat black Rustoleum and several coats of latex for the primary coats. The wash I use is very thin. I think the seams in the fibers of the canvas sucked it up. I am only doing one per night for 4 nights. It's a handful but worth it. I can't wait til I stone the first goose that comes into these rascals. That's when it all comes together...
 
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Pat,

Before you send these off to Chuck, I just wanted to check and make sure you have Chuck's new shipping address. I believe it is somewhere in Shell Rock Iowa.

Very nice project to both of you guys.
 
No worries Dave...#1, Pat is way too smart for your tom-foolery...#2, I talked to one of my company's drivers who makes a weekly distribution run through Pat's town and he knows exactly where to bring them.

Pat, looking good, can't wait to see them in hand...or better yet with a goose in the bag!

Chuck
 
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