Is Tractor Supply paint Ok to use on my chassis

John.T

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I'm going to pressure wash and Degreaser Chassis. Then wire brush and Prime with epoxy primer. Then spray with Tractor Supply paint. Does anyone have a good or bad opinion on that
 
TSC now sells MAJIC brand that in my opinion is junk. Get the TISCO brand or New Holland brands if you are on a budget...better brands if you archive search the topic here or on the enn tee see site...
 
IMHO.. match the paint to the primer.

When I use a brand paint.. I get their primer. When I can't get their primer, I at least match their chemical formula.

IE.. alkyd paint, acrylic modified acrylic, synthetic, urethane, epoxy.

I don't like to mix formula

PS.. why use an epoxy primer and then put a lesser grade paint like an alkyd or acrylic on it?

If using TSC paint.. use TSC primer. My opinion..
 
Seems sort of sad to put a coat of good modern primer on it, then cover the primer with some 1930-era alkyd junk enamel that can be counted on to fade and chalk.
especially if you are using red.

Almost might be better the other way around.
 
When TSC switched from Valspar to Majic, Majic was junk.
It has gotten much better now based on my experience
using their reducer and hardener.

IMHO your primer is more important than the top coat.
If you use a cheap primer, when it peels off, the paint will
peel with it.

Mixing different types can only be done in certain combinations
and still get good results. For example you can spray enamel
paint over lacquer primer with no issues but if you spray
lacquer paint on enamel primer it will lift/peel immediately.
I don't think you'd have issues with your combination choice.

I used Tisco brand medium gray (made by Van Sickle) and
Majic brand Ford red on Crispy over lacquer primer. It turned
out pretty good although I wish I had spent the time to wet
sand the sheet metal before painting it.

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And this is Majic brand Farmall red. Your prep work is key.

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Sounds like a lot of work to put cheap paint on over. I used lower grade two stage urethane. It doesnt tend to fade or get dull, like red tends to do.
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(quoted from post at 22:07:07 09/07/16) I'm going to pressure wash and Degreaser Chassis. Then wire brush and Prime with epoxy primer. Then spray with Tractor Supply paint. Does anyone have a good or bad opinion on that

Epoxy primer is a BIG waist of money unless you strip it to bare metal are come close to bare metal... are put a nutter way Epoxy taint worth a chit if the base is not properly prepared (it wont bond to the surface unless its perfect) . Red Oxide are Zincrom would have a better chance even a standard cheap base primer would have better adhesion to the base.
 
I use automotive paints, but believe you are much better off using dealer paint versus farm supply stores.
 
I thought I'd throw in a couple more pictures just for grins.
This is a good example of what I meant buy surface
prep being key to success.
I painted this truck with Farmall red right where it sets.
This was Valspar paint bought from TSC when they sold it.
Plain old tractor paint with hardener. No clear coat, no big $$.
The primer here was also lacquer but it was wet sanded before painting.

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John T,

Couple of things I picked up . . .

The Valspar people told me that epoxy primer is ideal under their tractor-color urethane.

Also if you use that self-etching spray primer for anything, let it flash for 5 minutes and paint very soon thereafter. If you blow it and lose too much time before painting, then you have to use those red scratch scotch pads to scuff up all the primed surfaces before painting.
You don't want to have to be scuffing up a primer with all the convoluted surfaces there are on your tractor chassis.

So whatever primer you choose -- and Valspar also recommends urethane primer for under their urethane tractor paint -- find out the optimum window of time, after the point where the primer is finished "flashing" (solvents evaporating) in which to paint over it.

Terry G
 

I used 100% TSC primer and paint for this Jube last winter. I agree with Royse, the quality has improved and the hardners are pretty good. It is easy to work with, is fairly cheap and in my opinion worked fine. It is also easy to touch up with the rattle can stuff they sell. This is a working tractor and not a trailer queen.

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Royce, you have shown that picture before and I am glad you did again. How long ago dI'd you paint that pickup? I expect it doesn't spend a night outdoors? I basically did the same thing this last weekend. Seems to be holding up well from what I can tell.]
 
One great looking tractor,
Bet it was a son of a gun to paint with all those different colors to mix and match,

I am a one color type guy,

Like old Henry Ford, " you can have any color you want as long as it's black"
 
It was 8 or 10 years ago cowdog, I don't remember for sure.
I only drove it a few years after painting it before some
fella came along that wanted it way worse than I did. ;)

I bought that truck for $500, drove it about 6 years before
changing the V6 out for a 1979 V8 (that was fun) then drove
it a few more years to make sure all was good before painting.

All total I owned it for 12~15 years and more than got my money back.
Fixer-uppers don't usually go that way, but that one did.
 
(quoted from post at 09:26:49 09/08/16) One great looking tractor,
Bet it was a son of a gun to paint with all those different colors to mix and match,

I am a one color type guy,

Like old Henry Ford, " you can have any color you want as long as it's black"

Thanks, Just two colors. The starter and Genny are red as they are supposed to be.
 
I painted my 52 8n with tsc paint, within the year, the red was completely faded out, and the grey went dull, I now use automotive paint from a
auto paint store, have them mix it to as close as they can, 89 Chevy s10 red was the closest, used it to paint my 58 801. So far no fade.not sure
what the grey turned out to be, but it looks good.
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"I painted my 52 8n with tsc paint, within the year, the red was completely faded out"

Did you use the manufacturer's recommended thinner and hardener?
I have not had that happen when I did.
Might also be good to mention when it was that you painted it.
Was that the Valspar paint they used to sell or the Majic brand?
I was out to visit the JD factories a couple years ago.
They still use Valspar brand, or did at that point from the factory.
 
I painted my Farmall 450 with TSC paint little over 4 years ago and F20 a little over a year ago.
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