Need Help w/ Painting Decoys

[Copperwood]

Hey guys/gals,
Last year I bought around 5 dozen beat up decoys with intentions of repainting them. That time has come and I have no idea on how to go about it. Do I need to buy the painting kits from Cabela's or can I buy some kind of paint at the hardware store? Do I need to sand them down a little? Do I need to primer them? I will be painting mallards, buffleheads, wigeons, bluebills, redheads, gwt and probably some coots. Thanks everyone for the help.
Lazylab

[vandeman17]

It really depends on the shape the decoys are in now and how detailed you want to get. It may be that all they need is a good bath and some touching up. If they are beat to hell then I would say you spend the $$ to get the painting kits, sand them down and take your time painting them up nice. It may take a while longer but will be worth it in the end and very fulfilling when you drop birds over your own decoys.

[Dustin07]

my buddy just picked up cheaper cans of paint from lowes/home depot or freddy's since your in eburg, and just started painting with a brush.

[ducksdoom12]

i got the parkers paint kit from mpw and am using my airbrush to paint a bunch of my old decoys. works great so far. with exception that they dont give you a very good color for the mallard hen bill

[h2ofowlr]

I sold the ones I used last year and purchased new ones for this year, so I didn't have to worry about re-painting them.   

[banannaclip]

something to try is flock the heads paint the  shell,flocked heads look good, really good,send pm  i can tell where to get material