Paint or Mud?

[Hunter Parrish]

My dad and I recently got Ground Forces. We are having a discussion on whether or not to paint or mud the blinds. I want to paint them and my dad wants to mud them. Please give me the pros and cons of each and which one you think is the most effective.


Thanks in advance!!!

[Andrew O'Neill]

I like to paint them better, because it is easier and it is a more permanent coating. Mudding works great but after hunting in a few rain storms, it tends to loose its coating.

[Curt Wilson]

I like the painting method better, because it tends to be more permanent. That is also the problem with painting; it is more permanent. Mudding has to be done over and over if you are in wet weather.

[Brian Laux]

We painted ours last season one time and it worked great. We just dusted them lightly with flat khaki paint and it seemed to hold up very well.

[Rick Frisch]

Paint - Paint - Paint

You don't have to deal with dust getting all over everything.

Thanks,

[BDO]

Have mudded blinds, and now have painted blinds, unless something in the paint makes me have ED......I'm never muddin' again!!!

[Corey Carston]

Paint for sure.

[Joe Fladeland]

Paint. All pro's, no con's.

[Aaron Hitchins]

Never tried paint, but mud works, and if something goes wrong water can fix it!

Aaron

[FlockedUp]

Well here is some interesting stuff!!!!!

http://forum.averyoutdoors.com/showthread.php?t=30064&highlight=Paint

So i wonder what has caused the big 180 with everyone now. Wow, buyem books and buyem books. Tell me, how do those pages taste.....

[GBuck]

what I want to know is....if painting is the way to go, then why doesn't the manufacturer paint them?

[kontekontos]

What i always find funny is people who talk about. I just got my new ground force in today in nat gear and it looks great. I can't waint to paint it khaki and then i will show pics. Next thing you know they have a khaki blind that you can't tell that it once was nat gear. So i am thinking why in the world would you spend extra money on a camo blind when your intentions are to paint it flat brown or khaki anyway.

konte

[h20fow1er]

because everyone knows that natgear looks the best when it can't be seen!

[Jeremy DeVries]

Let me be the middle of road guy, well,......sorta. I use both. In the past I have been a supporter of mud over paint and I still am. It is messy. It is time consuming to have to remud all the time, but I feel mud gives you flexibility that paint cannot offer to blend into different fields. Wheat and grain fields tend to be dry and VERY greyish colors in our area. I use little to no mud, or most of it bushed off. If I am in a sugar beet or corn field that is darker black irrigated soil, I mud heavily (sometimes with potting soil) to keep that DARKER base. Sometimes I can get away with just wetting the mud that morning to get that darker base. I will grant the fact that paint will take the "Sheen" off new fabric and paint is easier to use. I started to paint ALL my blinds with a dusting of khaki paint last year. It was perfectly acceptable in some fields and NO mudding was neccesary. Most of the time though (80%), I MUDDED on top of the paint to get EXACT replica's of the ground I'm hunting in not just "close". It seems that close is good enough for many people on this forum. That's fine, but personally I am picky about the BASE color of my blinds. Maybe it doesn't even matter, but I don't take the chance. A great layer of mud from the dirt you are hunting in is deadly, and I'll keep doing it. I guess you could say my dusting of paint underneath is a "back-up".

[Doug Steinke]

As the first dude I ever seen do it - Chris Jones says "Paint". No mess, less weight. Ever been in a mud covered blind with just a tad bit of moisture?

[FlockedUp]

Let me be the middle of road guy, well,......sorta. I use both. In the past I have been a supporter of mud over paint and I still am. It is messy. It is time consuming to have to remud all the time, but I feel mud gives you flexibility that paint cannot offer to blend into different fields. Wheat and grain fields tend to be dry and VERY greyish colors in our area. I use little to no mud, or most of it bushed off. If I am in a sugar beet or corn field that is darker black irrigated soil, I mud heavily (sometimes with potting soil) to keep that DARKER base. Sometimes I can get away with just wetting the mud that morning to get that darker base. I will grant the fact that paint will take the "Sheen" off new fabric and paint is easier to use. I started to paint ALL my blinds with a dusting of khaki paint last year. It was perfectly acceptable in some fields and NO mudding was neccesary. Most of the time though (80%), I MUDDED on top of the paint to get EXACT replica's of the ground I'm hunting in not just "close". It seems that close is good enough for many people on this forum. That's fine, but personally I am picky about the BASE color of my blinds. Maybe it doesn't even matter, but I don't take the chance. A great layer of mud from the dirt you are hunting in is deadly, and I'll keep doing it. I guess you could say my dusting of paint underneath is a "back-up".


Middle of the road huh....strange i remember a certain post from july 9th of this very year where you took the time and attempt to blast some folks about paint....lets go to the thread again

http://forum.averyoutdoors.com/showthread.php?t=30064&highlight=Paint

strange that all i heard about was mud mud mud mud....at one point even in all caps.....MUD YOUR BLIND.....very interesting stuff here

[James27]

paint when it rains it doesnt drip in your face

[h20fow1er]

it's much easier to qoute. Amazing how things can change in 3 short months.

The key to any blind is to disappear into the field. For me I have a great coat of mud and natural vegetation from the field I am in. If the ground you are hunting in is darker in color, it's because it is wetter. Carry a spray bottle on your trailer, and just spray a mudded blind. 15 squirts, and your set. Another few squirts during the hunt and your good to go. The rest of your blind should be covered by vegetation.

I don't own any camo blinds. I used to have all of them camo. Now,...none.

My blinds are dirt colored. I agree the khaki is too light for most fields, but camo tempts you to NOT mud and stubble well enough. Then there is too much dark color, too much green, then not enough green, too much tan etc. I guarantee your brown or black will be too blue, or too black, or too grey, etc etc etc etc. IF you match the paint, then have to move to a different area, then what? Apply 17 other coats of paint? MUD YOUR BLIND!!!! The color underneath that mud is unimportant. Just my 2 cents.

[Weatherby]

wow lol

[TRIPLER]

I have always mudded with good results. I have always hated the mess associated with it, so this year I am going with paint. Already tried it and it looks just as good as mud if not better. As far as painting over your new camo blind goes, I have a theory about that. I think the camo patterns catch more hunters than geese. If I were a betting man I would wager that a mudded or painted khaki blind will kill you just as many as a pretty camo one. But to each his own I know that I will always buy the khaki and take the money I save versus camo and buy some paint for it. But to each their own.