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Pete Goodwin

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Hi all,

I've made some homemade swimfeeders which I'm pretty happy with, I just have one query though.

I've seen in homebase that there are some acrylic spray paints in a couple of really good colours, a brown based one with lighter flecks and a green based one again with flecks. I'm just a little worried about the acrylic smell spooking or putting fish off.

What do you reckon?

Cheers,

Pete.
 
I wouldn't worry too much. But if you are worried, hang your newly painted feeders out on the washing line for a few days.
 
Pete Goodwin said:
Hi all,

I've made some homemade swimfeeders which I'm pretty happy with, I just have one query though.

I've seen in homebase that there are some acrylic spray paints in a couple of really good colours, a brown based one with lighter flecks and a green based one again with flecks. I'm just a little worried about the acrylic smell spooking or putting fish off.

What do you reckon?

Cheers,

Pete.
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Barbel don't seem to mind superglue on pellets, which is an acrylate, and they actually eat the stuff. So on that basis, the smell of acrylic on your swimfeeder could act as an attractant!
 
hi pete, eddie new member, dont think it will matter, as long as you give them plenty of
air, like leave by an open window for the day or 2, till u cant smell them, should nt matter,
 
Once sprayed most acrylic spray paints are water resistant/proof.
If you have worries about the smell - as someone else suggested hang 'em out and weather them.
Cheers
Bob
 
Thanks for the replys guys,

never gave it a thought about superglue. Think I'll spray them and stick them in the garden to "weather" for a few days just for my own piece of mind.

Pete.
 
Dean Aston said:
Pete acrylic is water base and not not oil base like over paints mate
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Whether water or oil based, once the stuff has polymerised (generally into a solid), it is unlikely to be water soluble. The smell will eventually go. Part of the polymerisation process results in the loss of the smelly substance. For example silicone dissolved in acetic acid - when exposed to the air, the acetic acid is lost to the air to leave a smell free silicone polymer. I learn't this from a Pub Quiz - which reminds me, it's pub quiz night, so better make tracks.
 
All coatings used in fishing weights smell, plastic powder coating stinks, but it soon fades. If your making mesh feeders, try plastic coating them, bit tricky, but it lasts far longer than paint.
peter
 
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