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My little off season project

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  1. muzzyman88

    muzzyman88 Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I thought you guys might like to see the results of one of my off season projects. Yeah, I like Predator camo. ;-)

    It took me longer than expected with taping and hand painting the limbs on, but I'm pretty happy with it overall and it kept me out of the wife's hair.
     

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  3. youngfart

    youngfart Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Wowzer ,you should get into retail,they would sell good , great job,must of had a lot of spare time to get it done that well.
    Rocky:tu:
     
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    bloodcrick Moderator/BHOD Prostaff

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    VERY nice, it turned out great!
     
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    Great work. It looks awesome. I sent you a pm with some questions if you don't mind.
     
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    Greg / MO Grizzled Veteran

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    well, you know what I think of it... :D

    GREAT job!!
     
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    Tony Legendary Woodsman

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    Muzzy ... dude, that looks AWESOME! PM me your addy so I can.ship all my stands to you ;)
     
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    Rutin Die Hard Bowhunter

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    LOVE IT!!! Im a predator freak myself.... could of just bought the $99 camo dip kit if you wanted the easy way out
     
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    That looks SWEET!
     
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    HuntingBry Die Hard Bowhunter

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    That turned out great Muzz. What kind of paints did you use?
     
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    For the blocks of color in the pattern, I just used the Ultra Flat Camo paint from Krylon. For the black limbs, I just bought a small can of flat black and used a 1/4" brush to apply them and the leaves.

    Honestly the most time consuming part was masking up the stand and blocks of color. The limbs were the fun part. Just winged it and started putting them here and there, a leaf here, a split here.
     
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    Pretty friggin sweet if you ask me.
     
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    Dang that is sweet!
     
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    Awesome job!

    That reminds me that I need to get busy on painting my stand too. I need to do it now so that new paint smell will wear off.
     
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    Very nice.
     
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    Nice.
     
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    That's sweet. I love Predator.
     
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    Man that looks awesome. Ya sure did a might fine job. Enjoy and remember to always wear your climbing harness.
     
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  19. muzzyman88

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    Thats exactly why I did mine as soon as I could get time. One thing I noticed was that this spray paint seems to dissipate a lot sooner than some. I've also read that if you put fresh paint out in direct sunlight, the UV or whatever will break down the chemicals that produce the smell and kill it a lot sooner.
     
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    very nice muzzyman! love the predator patterm...
     
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    That looks great. Mine usually look like they were done in preschool art class.
     
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