here is how we dip wannabe1.... Get you a 1 " or 1.5" piece of PVC about 12" long with a end cap glued on and fill with Krylon Acrylic enamel thinned way down with water, till it runs like water. Bought it at Walmart, cheap for a quart. Tape off a 10" cap with blue painters tape and dip two coats for good coverage. Stop about 1/4" short of the tape first coat then dip too the tape on second coat. This keeps you from forming a ridge with the paint. We crest the area where the cap dip meets the stain too to help cover the transition area. Hang on wire or clothesline with clothespins to drip dry. If your paint is thinned correctly it will run off the nock end like water. Now the good news.... cleanup is as easy as pouring the paint back in a can and rinse dip tube with water, DONE !
Hope this helps, I have got great help from my tradgang brothers and sisters on here.
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