ProMac1K
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What color paint do you all think works the best for marking trees in the woods or forest? I've tried some orange, but I think it seems flat, and there is probably a better color.
What Color Paint for Marking Trees
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ProMac1K
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Great! 
Now is it a sky blue, sea blue, or New Holland blue?
Now is it a sky blue, sea blue, or New Holland blue?
Spotted Owl
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It's Rudd blue. push the tip and just the right shade comes out of the can. Being semi color blind blue is the best for me also, it just sticks out there like a beacon.
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ProMac1K
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OK, dang....a Dogpile search brings up nothing of the color at all. Is it a darker blue or brighter blue?
Look in Bailey's catalog...page 118. If you don't have a Bailey's catalog you can request one...they're a sponsor here and they have their own thread.
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'Baby Bonnet Blue' shows up real well.
I crack myself up!
I crack myself up!
'Baby Bonnet Blue' shows up real well.
I crack myself up!
Baby Bonnet Blue ???!!! Only if you sing the Monty Python Lumberjack song while you're marking trees. Slowp might get away with calling it that but us guys never will.
ProMac1K
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Beautiful!
I was on their site just this morning, following a link about the "Mingo Marker", but never ran a search for paint for some reason. I ran a search and sure enough, Rudd must be the brand. Now I see what color the Rudd blue is, kind of a "Blue Bonnet Blue", or Sky Blue, or Light Ford Blue. Thanks for the picture!
I tried some "Chevrolet Victory Red" that I had custom ordered several years back for my S10 pickup that I had. Figured might as well use it up. Honestly, it doesn't show too bad in lighted areas, but not as good in shaded areas. I'm rummaging around the yards to find some different colors to experiment with. Everything from Chevy Orange, to Hot Rod Yellow! And Almond to Gray!
I was on their site just this morning, following a link about the "Mingo Marker", but never ran a search for paint for some reason. I ran a search and sure enough, Rudd must be the brand. Now I see what color the Rudd blue is, kind of a "Blue Bonnet Blue", or Sky Blue, or Light Ford Blue. Thanks for the picture!
I tried some "Chevrolet Victory Red" that I had custom ordered several years back for my S10 pickup that I had. Figured might as well use it up. Honestly, it doesn't show too bad in lighted areas, but not as good in shaded areas. I'm rummaging around the yards to find some different colors to experiment with. Everything from Chevy Orange, to Hot Rod Yellow! And Almond to Gray!
Lets see if we can make it easier for you. 
http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?skw=paint&PageNo=1
Rudd Brand in Blue, won't go too much into my own color-blindness, but in another lifetime as a locomotive engineer I always had to take a field test telling which color the traffic lights were.
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http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?skw=paint&PageNo=1
Rudd Brand in Blue, won't go too much into my own color-blindness, but in another lifetime as a locomotive engineer I always had to take a field test telling which color the traffic lights were.
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ProMac1K
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Thanks!
That's exactly the page I had found, did a search for paint there.
I just ordered a catalog through them, don't know why I never did before. I also checked out Madsen's, but you have to call in to order one. Does anyone like Madsen's more so than Bailey's?
That's exactly the page I had found, did a search for paint there.
I just ordered a catalog through them, don't know why I never did before. I also checked out Madsen's, but you have to call in to order one. Does anyone like Madsen's more so than Bailey's?
bullbuck
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i just got my 09 madsens catalog in,i would say that they are pretty much a catalog for timber fallers,although there is other stuff in there,and man they got some nice carrhardt stuff on clearance!cant wait till payday,also the woman i spoke with on the phone to order my catalog was very helpful.
The Forest Circus used a bright blue for several years in the Sierras ( where I just got back from yesterday). I used orange to mark some hazard trees last year to distinguish my marks from the FS. When I went back late last year, and last week, the FS had switched to the same shade of orange I had used. Now I can never make a mistake and fall a leave tree.
BTW in area I had never been to an 18" rotten pine fell about 1:00 am and woke me up. Nobody screamed so I went back to sleep. I have another dozen pines to fall now.
BTW in area I had never been to an 18" rotten pine fell about 1:00 am and woke me up. Nobody screamed so I went back to sleep. I have another dozen pines to fall now.
ProMac1K
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"Ceramic Engine" Chevrolet Orange in the Dupli-Color brand worked the best out of everything I found today. Second best was Chevrolet Victory Red in a auto store brand. Third best was John Deere Yellow in the John Deere brand. I tried a deep blue that I had around, but the color was darker than it should be and it had a finer pattern than I would have liked. I think the spray pattern makes a difference, as I had plain orange and plain yellow in different brands, and since they put out more of a cover spray, they didn't do as well. For sure the Dupli-Color has a much more positive spray pattern, you can tell it in the way the nozzle feels and the way it sprays, much tighter pattern. I'd like to try something comparable to the Rudd Blue color from the Dupli-Color brand. I'm thinking Cadillac Blue is similar in color. Maybe GM Corporate Blue, but it might be too dark. Thought about those orange flag wraps that you sometimes see different operations use, but it wouldn't be economical for what i'm doing. Nor would the case of Rudd blue, it would just harden up and be a waste before I used it all.
Thanks for the opinions and suggestions. I welcome any more you would have. I think the general consensus is a lighter shade of blue, or a bright orange is the ticket. I sure hope nothing would simulate those colors out there!
Thanks for the opinions and suggestions. I welcome any more you would have. I think the general consensus is a lighter shade of blue, or a bright orange is the ticket. I sure hope nothing would simulate those colors out there!
"Ceramic Engine" Chevrolet Orange in the Dupli-Color brand worked the best out of everything I found today. Second best was Chevrolet Victory Red in a auto store brand. Third best was John Deere Yellow in the John Deere brand. I tried a deep blue that I had around, but the color was darker than it should be and it had a finer pattern than I would have liked. I think the spray pattern makes a difference, as I had plain orange and plain yellow in different brands, and since they put out more of a cover spray, they didn't do as well. For sure the Dupli-Color has a much more positive spray pattern, you can tell it in the way the nozzle feels and the way it sprays, much tighter pattern. I'd like to try something comparable to the Rudd Blue color from the Dupli-Color brand. I'm thinking Cadillac Blue is similar in color. Maybe GM Corporate Blue, but it might be too dark. Thought about those orange flag wraps that you sometimes see different operations use, but it wouldn't be economical for what i'm doing. Nor would the case of Rudd blue, it would just harden up and be a waste before I used it all.
Thanks for the opinions and suggestions. I welcome any more you would have. I think the general consensus is a lighter shade of blue, or a bright orange is the ticket. I sure hope nothing would simulate those colors out there!
Why would you not use tree paint? The spray pattern is a stream with tree paint.
ProMac1K
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Looks like you have to buy the Rudd by the case, or pallet.
Rural hardware stores around me have spraycans of blue marking paint (not so in my TSC or Walmart), so if "rural" is near where you live, see what you can find there.
ProMac1K
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About as rural as you can get, without being in the mountains or the desert.
Wonder if Permatex Prussian Blue would work? It's used on differentials for checking backlash, and is the only blue marking stuff i've used. :spam:
Marking paint, i'll have to give that a check next time I get into town. Which is once in a week or two if i'm lucky. Yes, i'm that rural. :taped:
Wonder if Permatex Prussian Blue would work?
It's used on differentials for checking backlash, and is the only blue marking stuff i've used. :spam:Marking paint, i'll have to give that a check next time I get into town. Which is once in a week or two if i'm lucky. Yes, i'm that rural. :taped:
bullbuck
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depends on how many trees you have to mark but a cheap way that i mark for myself on small jobs,(as to not have to think)is flourescent marking paint out of wal mart,it only lasts a couple months but if you are non commercial its a heluva lot cheaper than "royal blue"and there is no future in clearcoating trees,it hampers the rustic finish...lol
ProMac1K
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LOL
Yep, not commercial, just practicing my own conservation of a large grove with ash, cottonwood, maple, and mulberry (from what i've seen). It's the first main year it's going to see conservation maintenance, besides a couple seasons of cleanup that i've done, cleaning up tornado damage and what not. I'd like to mark anything that is dead before the leaves drop this fall, plus the mulberry's. And i've invited a neighbor over to get involved and cut and cleanup the boundary lines, so want to make sure stuff that I want removed is marked in case he gets the idea to cut without me.
Yep, not commercial, just practicing my own conservation of a large grove with ash, cottonwood, maple, and mulberry (from what i've seen). It's the first main year it's going to see conservation maintenance, besides a couple seasons of cleanup that i've done, cleaning up tornado damage and what not. I'd like to mark anything that is dead before the leaves drop this fall, plus the mulberry's. And i've invited a neighbor over to get involved and cut and cleanup the boundary lines, so want to make sure stuff that I want removed is marked in case he gets the idea to cut without me.
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