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[coastalducker]

Woodduck,impressd with your thread here. want to step up my game on my next batch of foamers through the off season. Is all your carving done with a dremel tool. I've always used the rasp. How mant slots do you cut in a decoy to tuck the burlap and where. Have definitely seen some ways to improve on what I'm doing.
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[- Andy -]

How about that golden eye doing the old rescue side stroke! I like it... thats totally creative and he looks fantastic. Almost like a sea otter that just got him a nice big clam.

I started doing my own foamers this morning. Must be that the season is out here now. Got a couple big ducks, couple marsh ducks, three teal and half a swan cut out of the foam already. I'm looking forward to working on them... ought to be a real crap shoot!

Thanks for the detailed thread wood duck!

 

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[- Andy -]

woodduck exactly what is that acrylic expoxy you are using around the eyes and bill? Manufacture wise?

Where did you purchase it? I checked at the Home Despot [sic] this evening and found plenty of bondo and junk like that.. but its set up time is awfully short at about 3-5 minutes.

 

[Duck1968]

Apoxie® Sculpt
You can get it from VanDykes taxidermy or from the manufaturer at http://www.avesstudio.com/Products/Apox ... culpt.html

Brian

 

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[- Andy -]

Awesome. Got some ordered and book marked the page. Looks like a good way to fix up some of the frost bitten, broken and shot all the hell plastic blocks I have piled like cord wood in the garage too.

Thanks again.

 

[Whistlerwhittler]

Awesome post. Great looking decoys. Looks like you've perfected the foamer process. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MassDecoyCarver]

Hi woodduck,

Great thread and lots of good advice and pictures to follow along. I am getting ready to put the second coat of mastic onto my eiders and I am going to try using a damp brush to finish this final application. It looks like this will allow the burlap texture to show though. On my previous decoys I just used a rubber glove and smeared it on, and unfortunately this resulted in too much coverage in certain areas.

Thanks !

 

[Ringneck]

That may be the first time I've really looked at a foamer being done. I really didn't realize there was that much that went into one. Very interesting. :thumbsup:

 

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[coastalducker]

Those harli's are awesome, along with every other decoy you posted. about how much time and $ does each decoy run you. If you don't mine me asking. does a set of eyes cost about 2-3 dollars?