Where can i get plastic cardboard for silo's?

[h20fowler]

i need to know where i can get some courragated plasitc for making my own silo's just to add numbers to my spread. i have 2 doz real geese silo's and love em'

[ponass]

h2o,

Most of the "vote for me" political signs that are littering the landscape at this time of the year are made from cloroplast, corrigated plastic. Sand them down a little and use a flat external house paint on them. Couldn't be cheaper, and are a much better use of the material than they had been used for up to that point.

[h20fowler]

where do you go to get the signs, does the city recycle them or how did you get yours?

[ponass]

I have called the local campaign office for some of the candidates that have run unsucessfully for office and they were more than happy to have someone take them off their hands. If they leave them in your yard after the elections are over, they should be fair game as well.

[goosehuntinman]

H20fowler,

Check out my august 19th post in the landing zone titled where to get stakes for silos, i have some info there for you. Think pepsi and coke.

Local supermarkets, minimarts etc,, see if you can get the signs when they are done with them.

Goosehuntinman

[archeryrob]

I just order 3 sheets of 4' x 8' 4mm thick plastic cardboard from a sign shop in my local town. I am getting gray as a base so its not too noticable when they scratch. They going to cost about $11.50 for a full sheet.

I was just wondering that paint anyone has used and how it held up. I was planning to lightly sand the silos before I paint and use the new Krylon that ia made ot bond with plastic if I can get it in flat colors.

Rob

[nr_gooseslayer]

we used rustoleum and it is working great so far.

[goosehuntinman]

Archeryrob,

Here is the post i was talking about below.

I dont know how to post pics here on the website, but if you send me an email at Medikman4105@aol.com, I can send you some pics of what they look like.
I havent been using them as much this year since i have added 18 GHG full bodies as well as a dozen GHG shells on motion stakes to my spread.

Joined: 30 Jul 2004
Posts: 23
Location: Altoona, Pa.
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:25 pm Post subject:

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I have three different patterns, two feeders and a sentry. They were hand drawn by my better half on newsprint style paper. She looked at pictures I had taken of real geese to get the dimensions right. I then cut them out and transferred them to a plywood pattern. Having the patterns this way, it is easy to just trace around them with a marker. Originally i tried the 4 x 8 sheets of particle board that cover paneling skids. While this material was super cheap. (About a buck a sheet) It just doenst hold up when it gets wet, and breaks easily in the decoy bag. I then went to 1/4 inch plywood, these make some nice silos, but 3 or 4 dozen of them are very , very heavy to lug into the field. Hence the idea of the corrugated plastic.
I picked up two different thicknesses of it from a local gas station. Some
were soda signs and cigarette advertising signs. I have found you definately need to sand the surface on them for paint to adhere well.
After stacking the signs together, i clamp them together, trace around the pattern with a marker and then cut them out with the rotozip tool. I've found that 4 sheets together works nicely. Make sure you have a sharp bit or it will tend to melt the pieces together. You could also cut them out with a big pair of industrial scissors if you dont have the rotozip or similar tool, It just takes longer to make them. As for painting them, I made different templates out of cardboard. After painting the whole silo black, I lay each template on and add the appropriate color gray or white, I usually mix in some brown or black on the upper half to make it a darker more natural color. I went to the local recycling plant the other day and picked up some stiff heavy gauge wire, about 1/8 inch diameter i think, it seems heavy enough for hard ground and fits in the plastic nicely, so that is what i am going to try for now.

While I would still love to have a spread full of fullbodies and real geese, outlaws, what have you, These will work until I can afford to buy some.These silos help fill in my spread of shells and floaters at very minimal cost. Not to mention the fun and satisfaction involved of decoying birds into your own handmade decoys.

Good Luck !!! Goosehuntinman

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[archeryrob]

I'll send you an e-mail for your pictures and post them on my web site and link them in here so everyone can see.

How long have you been using the rustolum? I was thinking of using the new krylon they say bonds to plastic on the molicule level.

Rob

[archeryrob]

Anyone have any pictures of the silos they have made?

I am just starting and wanted to see how everyone painted theirs for ideas.

[goosehuntinman]

Rob, Sorry I havent gotten back to you, Youve got mail !!

[hunters advocate]

we used rustoleum and it is working great so far.

Rustoleum spray on or brush on?

[waterfowler4]

Corrogated plastic, http://www.harborsales.net/fullsheetloo ... c%20Sheets I believe if you buy $50.00 worth, shipping is free

[C-Dubb]

I just picked up 4 4x8 sheets from the local 76 station. They were advertising to win some kind of dodge car. It is over now and they might still have them. Also if you are in Oregon another 76 station was advertising something for the Oregon State Beavers that should be over soon. I will also be getting that.

I Figure that I can get 8 or 9 on a sheet depending on poses so when its all said and done I should probably have about 3 doz med sized silos:lol:

C Dubb

[archeryrob]

I got 15 per sheet when I did mine. So you might have more than you think.

[C-Dubb]

Thanks. I was supposed to be doing that today but got busy makin Turkey pot calls all day. Oh well maybe Sat after duck hunting.

[goosehunter2118]

I am making this thread a sticky as I think it will be of great help to our members.

[adam]

i have gotten about 15 signs from our local fertalizer company but i came a month too late. they had just thrown out 2 dumpsters of the plastic signs.

[Puddinhead]

As for another suggestion: I'm a lawyer and we are always throwing away huge blowups of documents/pictures/maps that are printed on a hard-coated cardboard. I really think this stuff would work as well. Most of these things are the size of say two sheets of regular posterboard taped end to end.

I'm going to make a few to see how they look.

[Puddinhead]

How much detail do you think you have to put into the painting????