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Steve W (NY)

09-07-2004 10:07:39

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Kelly C's hurried paint job reminded me of something. I have spent most of my spare time in the last 6 months restoring a BN. Soon I will post pictures. When I first got it I was thinking....what kind of knucklehead painted this tracor previously with a brush. It looked horible. Years of use had left grease and farm grime in all the brush strokes, and it just looked sad. Some places had a layer of paint holding a big lump of grease and dirt below it's surface. Obviously, this farmer had a slow two hours, not a whole day.

But after working on it for so long, it occurred to me that once the bad paint was removed, all the sheet metal was beautiful. The cursed brush job had made my life and the tractors so much easier. So I salute all those who lay it on thick. In fact, if I could get one of those Budwieser commercials made for you, it would go like this.....

Budwieser presents "real American Heroes". Today we salute you mister slap it on thick with a brush heritage preserving vehicle painter guy..... .

Take Care
Steve

ps. Kelly C....your tractor looks great.

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Tim Malin

09-09-2004 09:43:48

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

A budweiser commercial like that would bring tears to my eyes. Thanks for the laugh, and funny, I could hear the guy's voice saying it. Paint was paint back in the day, as long as it was red, and it will look 3 times better because of it.

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LumbrJakMan

09-07-2004 11:32:41

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

OK here goes ..... .. I am new to tractors and have made a very good friend up the road from me . Hes a 66 Year Old Farmer and hes quite knowledgeable. I am a 40 year old Electrician . Pretty damn good at what I do . I was first hanging around the " Farmers " a few years ago and was getting to know him as well as he was me . I saw a small stick on the Ground , in front of the shop one day and bent over to pick it up . I then swung my arm back to launch it into the Pasture when he barked at me " Whaddya gonna do with that stick ? I said "toss it in the pasture" . He asked me why I didnt place it in the firebox in the shop ? I asked him as serious as I have ever been," How much heat will you get outta that stick" ? and Laughed a bit . He looked at me and said . " NONE!!! IF YOU THROW IT IN THE PASTURE". Dammit if he wasnt right . I to this day watch this mans every move and learn something every time we are together .

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Allan in NE

09-07-2004 11:48:28

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to LumbrJakMan, 09-07-2004 11:32:41

Now That, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Was a darned good read.

Thanks for sharing,

Allan

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09-07-2004 11:18:02

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

I'd much rather work on one that had a brush job than one which had been left to rust. At least it protects the metal, and not everyone has the equipment, or skills to do a show quality paint job. When I was a kid Dad decided it was time to put a coat of paint on our 2 tractors. Both got brush jobs as we did not have a compressor and gun nor the facilities to do it right in. I call it a 50/50 paint job.....looks good from 50 feet away, or at 50 miles per hour. That was about 30 years ago, and I still own both tractors, and plan on repainting both. If it weren't for the brush paint job I would likely be dealing with pitted metal much worse than I have now. Now if I can just find the time to get after them. Kelly gave me an idea. Find an afternoon and go for it.

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Pete's dream

09-07-2004 11:09:01

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

Somehow your post reminds me of one of the episodes of "The Waltons" where John Boy is painting the family car with a brush. Amasing how simple it is to preserve things.

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Kelly C

09-07-2004 10:58:31

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

Thanks.
Not a brush job though. But I cant say I got every bit of grease off. I got it the best 5 cans of engine degreaser and a wire brush could get. Lots and lots of it on there. I really need a prower washer if I am going to keep doing this.
Now if I was going to restore one to show room condition. It needs to get sand blasted to bare metal. No point in doing that for a haying rig.
Be to afraid to scratch it.

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The Red

09-07-2004 11:02:50

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Kelly C, 09-07-2004 10:58:31

Looks great!

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Steve W (NY)

09-07-2004 11:02:45

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Kelly C, 09-07-2004 10:58:31

It looks great. Preserving a piece of our heritage for another 40 years. My post was sincere, I hope you took it that way. It's just after oven cleaner, electrolysis, bead blasting, pulling every part off the tractor, your method looks almost as good as mine. It isn't fair....lol.

Take Care
Steve

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Kelly C

09-07-2004 11:15:41

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 11:02:45

This look is only short lasting. They look this good for about 4 mos then start to fade, scratch and rub marks. My H looked show room but does not look near as bright now. Still looks good but no where near as nice as it did right after painting.
You can tell its a work tractor.
If you did all the stuff you said plus paint it with primer and 2 or 3 coats of red and some hardner. You rig will look new for decades.

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The Red

09-07-2004 10:47:27

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

My Grandpa painted the H with a brush and red BARN PAINT, LOL

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Chris B

09-07-2004 16:24:33

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to The Red, 09-07-2004 10:47:27

atleasthe painted it red I saw somebody paint a h green and yellow

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farmerjohn

09-07-2004 18:02:01

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Chris B, 09-07-2004 16:24:33

My neighbor painted his farmall M John Deere green

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farmallman

09-08-2004 11:40:46

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to farmerjohn, 09-07-2004 18:02:01

Is that an insult to Farmall or John Deere?????

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MagMan

09-07-2004 10:13:19

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Re: In praise of bad paint jobs! in reply to Steve W (NY), 09-07-2004 10:07:39

LOL LOL LOL I am going to fall out of my chair. Who do we get ahold of at Bud That sounds like the next commercial to me. They make the stough right here 30 miles away. JON

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