To paint or not to paint coil

[sdesic]

I am doing some water hunting on a fresh water lake with Fisher 1280x
which has 10" coil... but I can't see much of coil underwater ... black coil with gold logo
and lots of mud and dirt.

I painted my scoop white and it is showing nicely under 3 feet of water.
Here is my latest video with white scoop
[video]https://youtu.be/Z-Q24UlrHO0[/video]

Would you guys paint it or something else?
Was thinking of some kind of ribbons or fluorescent stickers.

Thank you!

 

[Champ Ferguson]

I use fl yellow duct tape on the top of my Excal coil- works well.

 

[rc2125]

ditto the duct tape, i like the neon green color, tear in whatever width you prefer

 

[sdesic]

I have never seen duct tape in fluorescent ...

Thank you Champ.

 

[Champ Ferguson]

Got mine at Walmart. Many different fl colors to choose from too.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Duct tape works good... ive also used white paint on a different coil.. both methods work well... just make sure whatever you use that it does not have any metalic ingredients in it... it helps alot...

 

[sdesic]

I am concerned about painting coil so I am going for duct tape - hopefully it is not too much drag in water.

Thank you guys.

 

[gamiller2]

If you can find it at a reasonable cost there is a product called plastidip that come in many fluorescent colors. I painted my red very visible . I m not home so I can't post pic.

 

[dewcon4414]

Ive got all my water coils tips painted florescent yellow or white. Ive not seen a down side to doing this.

 

[sdesic]

Taped few fluorescent peaces to coil...
now it is better in dark and murky water, like swamp that I go to...
excellent in shallow water.

Experiment is not over will try to tape few on lower part of stem.
On 1280x it is black too...

 

[Willee - Texas]

The coil is a tuned antenna and painting it might de-tune it.
I would not do that.

Go for the tape if you really must.