Just a touch of paint to spruce her up

[spudz]

A little "rattle" can inspiration from W. Wade Nichols...

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/Raptor/IMG_20140527_191501_633_zps9aa61ee1.jpg

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/Raptor/IMG_20140527_151955_634_zps05660e42.jpg

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/Raptor/IMG_20140527_152018_591_zps6ebf199c.jpg

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/Raptor/f653d12a-42e0-44e1-acd8-462963ecf0af_zpsd265b7be.jpg

[momo fish]

Nice job with the paint. Something different on the water.

[Phatford]

I like that A LOT!!! I might have sincerely Flatter you in the form of a COPY! Good Job

[buddha]

What kind of paint did you use and is it going to eventually go back into the water as it wears out?

[CheapPelican]

Anybody brave enough to spray on a schooling bait pattern on the bottom of their hull?

http://ideonexus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fishbaitball.jpg

[MrM]

Anybody brave enough to spray on a schooling bait pattern on the bottom of their hull?

http://ideonexus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fishbaitball.jpg

Hey Chris I have this great idea for a new paint job on your yak! You'll never guess what it is! I guarantee you'll get bit more when OTW. :reeling: :biggrinjester:

[skrilla]

Cool! Like how you integrated the skull and bones into the stripes.

[Carp]

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/RaptorSix_zps0c0f6402.jpg

I see 3 chicks with hands on hips

I like it lol...

[Squid Vicious]

I see 3 chicks with hands on hips

I like it lol...

RIGHT !!!!!?

[PapaDave]

I'm up for the bait ball paint job! What kind of paint do you use?

[5-20]

Nice skills!!!

Don't mean to be the downer here, but is that paint going stay on for a good duration?

[spudz]

Buddha & 5-20 - I wiped the surface with acetone, then alcohol before spraying. I used the "fusion" paint... but learned that the standard spray paint lasts just as long. As far as the paint chipping and scratching off goes, well that's just the way it is. I'll do touch ups maybe a couple times a year. What I've learned from another kayak fisherman who enjoys painting his kayaks (W. Wade Nichols) - "I always tell anyone that asks about painting their kayak that the first step in the process is to make yourself okay with the fact that all your artistic effort and hard work IS GOING TO get scratched off and ruined." That's just how it is with polyethylene/rotomold kayaks - nothing seems to adhere very well and again you've got to be okay that.

Thanks everyone for the compliments! :cheers1:

[CKallday71]

That's SWEET! I love it!

[PapaDave]

Check these out...

http://bpi.ebasicpower.com/pc/CT-DEC30SV/LURE-TEASER-DECALS

[Rambo]

Nice and creative paint job. What kind of kayak is that if you don't mind me asking?

[old_rookie]

I see 3 chicks with hands on hips

I like it lol...

My thoughts exactly.

[FISH11]

Anybody brave enough to spray on a schooling bait pattern on the bottom of their hull?

http://ideonexus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fishbaitball.jpg

Not Me! I don't know if anyone remembers the guy that died after having his leg bit off by a Shark off Hawaii, people thought he had a stringer of fish over the side and his legs were in the water. The thing that I remember was seeing a picture of his Kayak and it had a very nice airbrushed scene on the hull of Yellowtails, Whahoos, etc. When I saw that I thought WTF would you do that for. I guess it attracted the wrong kind of eyes.

[gunghosd]

DUDE THATS SICK!!!!! LOVE IT:D

[spudz]

Sorry "Carp" & "Old Rookie" - when I resized the photo it disappeared from your entries... the three chicks w/ hands on hips are still there

"Rambo" it's a Santa Cruz Kayaks - Raptor

Thanks again all!

[spudz]

Took her out to drift for halibut this morning in Goleta... paint is all intact

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/Raptor/1bd52f6c-42c8-4081-afd9-6533f46b5864_zps5e1529c8.jpg

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr177/ruwako/Raptor/IMG_20140607_111812_238_zps67ac80fd.jpg

[Cbad Mike]

Wow, nice work!
Hopefully the fish won't see you coming and split but I doubt you'll have seals bothering you.

:cheers1:

[EDC]

Wow that looks awesome!

[addicted2sp33d]

Awesome! :eek:

This is how Meetups will go now:

BWE 1: I'll be at La Jolla in a Sand PA.
BWE 2: I'll be at La Jolla in an Olive PA.
Me: I'll be there in a Stone Marauder.
spudz: You'll know which boat is mine... trust me... you'll know.

[yaksailor]

Hey, good to fish with you Erik! You didn't have a radio, so I couldn't warn you as to how close you were getting to the 119° 56.0' line. Luckily, your camouflage kept you hidden from even the most fanatical enviro-nazi with a telescopic camera.

[spudz]

Awesome! :eek:

This is how Meetups will go now:

BWE 1: I'll be at La Jolla in a Sand PA.
BWE 2: I'll be at La Jolla in an Olive PA.
Me: I'll be there in a Stone Marauder.
spudz: You'll know which boat is mine... trust me... you'll know.

LOL... yes, as "Yaksailor" can attest... I was easy to find!

[wiredantz]

watch out for orcas!


btw: nice paint job

[spudz]

Yaksailor,
Nice being out there at a new place meeting new people! I had a radio, but dead battery :mad: Which yak were you? Brett was in the sand Hobie Revo, Gerrard in the red Hobie Revo, John in the yellow Hobie... were you in the green OK?
Any plans this weekend?