Thanks everyone!
Stan Courtney
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> I too have used a large shinny parabola that I painted to camo. It was
> much more effective at getting close to wildlife after I painted it.
> Painting should have no effect and with an aluminum parabola it might
> actually help to dampen some of the ringing from handling the thing.
> I do believe that Randy Little has a large aluminum parabola that he
> painted as well.
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> Wil Hershberger
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> On Jan 24, 2010, at 2:25 AM, Kevin Colver wrote:
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> > I used a hard parabola for several years. By painting mine with full
> > camo, I improved it's sound gathering ability by making it much less
> > obtrusive to the wildlife.
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> > I don't believe the paint will affect sound quality. Well, maybe the
> > sounds will have a bit less sparkle? :)
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> > On Jan 23, 2010, at 8:05 PM, stancourtney wrote:
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> >> I have a shiny aluminum 24" parabolic reflector and I was wondering
> >> if it would affect it's sound gathering ability to have it painted?
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> >> Thanks,
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> >> Stan Courtney_Central Illinois
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