Accidental Decoy Painting tip

Bill Embacher

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I opened a new bucket(?) of molding paste this morning, its what I use to create stippling and combing texture on my decoys. The container has a waxed paper seal like most factory containers that hold liquids do, and when I peeled it back it was heavily coated in material. I took the plastic knife (serrated - that's key[;)]) that I use to remove it from the container and scraped what was on the wax paper onto my pallet, and left a beautiful combed surface....by accident. I've used store bought combs, all manners of hair combs and stiff brushes, and even made a few of my own combs, and this serrated picnic knife, that I've been using as a scooper for ever, and have a draw full of...made some of the nicest combing I could ask for! I'm sure I'm not the first person to trip over this, but I'd never seen it done, so figured I'd share!


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Nice effect, Bill - and consistent with my "I'd rather be lucky than good" motto...


Now I'm wondering how your picnic forks would work for coarser vermiculation.


All the best,


SJS


 
Like the technique Bill. I like a combed bird with lots of texture.

I really like that molding paste, it is tough, yet flexible stuff. I use it as a filler on black cork and it is a great filler and really toughens the birds up, but will not crack. Leaves cork texture, but fills enough when dry to work with. I have black cork birds that are 20 years old that have been hunted hard and it is still flexible and looks great. I've bought it by the gallon.
 
Agree Tod, it also takes color well, and I've just experimentally painted an entire rig of 8 Mergansers by only using it, tinted to the correct colors and sponged on. We'll see how it holds up.
 
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