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Making your Own Float: the Finishing Touch

This article is the follow-up to "Making Your Own Float" and covers finishing your homemade float. Here you'll learn step by step how to paint your float professionally, so it not only looks great but also functions optimally during carp fishing.
Bert Altena | SEO Specialist

Materials Needed for Painting your Float

  • Brushes
  • Container of water or turpentine (depending on your choice. Synthetic or acrylic-based)
  • Primer (White, or another color)
  • Sandpaper P400/600
  • Clear varnish (satin or high gloss)
  • Your homemade float

Step 1:
We start by applying the white primer coat to the float.

Step 2: Once the primer is dry, carefully sand the float with fine sandpaper (P400/600) to remove any raised fibers. Then, apply another coat of primer to the float.

Step 3: Once that’s done, we move on to the first color layer. If the first layer doesn’t cover well after drying, repeat it to ensure a nice, even coat.

 

Step 4: Now, dip the tip of the float in fluorescent orange, yellow, or red paint, applying two coats.

Step 5: Next, take the clear varnish (satin or high gloss, your choice) and apply two coats to the float.

Step 6: Once the varnish is dry, it’s time to use your float!!!

 

I wish you lots of fun with your new, homemade float!

Tjebbe Pieters

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Since childhood, I have been found by the water. Around the age of 12, I learned carp fishing. What makes carp fishing enjoyable for me is the relaxation and preparation for the carp session, combined with a way of fishing that constantly requires innovation to surprise the carp again!