John Deere Paint

Mandy74

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I have read the archive articles about which paint to use on JD 50 tractor. Whether it be a John Deere or Valspar paint, but no one really answered which is the best paint to use on a John Deere 50? I am located in MO and had several people tell me paint from Orschelen but I want quality. I want to paint my tractor once not every 5 years. The tractor will be kept inside. Please an suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for you time!
 
I would use a good grade of paint. A farmer in Ohio only use's Martin Senour's paint on tractors he has painted. I've used Dupont and PPG's paint. Here are several tractor painted by that farmer. Hal
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Guess I'll try this one. John Deere doesn't make paint , they have Valspar/other companies make it for them to sell. That said , you asked for the "best" paint. In order for your past 5 year requirement to be met you need to ask what is the best "paint system". Preparation and prep products have just as much bearing on longevity of the job as the correct top coat. All that being said , no amount of money spent on the best products will make up for sub-par equipment and lack of actual spraying experience. You can't get perfection out of a book. So here's my advise. Find a local auto body paint/supply house that carries PPG , BASF , Martin Senour , Dupont etc and ask for their best counter person who deals directly with local body shops. Tell him/her what you are doing and/or show him the project and tell him to get you educated to the best system he has for that project and your priorities in the finished product. Another choice would be to go right to the body shop for that info. Once you find out there's a lot more to it than you ever thought and eventually get it to the paint stage then you need to decide whether to waste a little paint practicing first or waste a paint job practicing on your tractor. You read the archives , I'm sure you saw the posts on how to get rid of runs , overspray , dirt/bugs etc and get the paint to shine more. You don't have to be one of them. A good system from the ground up has to include a 2 component epoxy primer on to bare metal as the "glue" that holds it all together. By "bare metal" I mean CLEAN RUSTFREE bare metal. If you want to scrimp and use wire brushes on a grinder go ahead, forget your "5 year" warrantee. There are plenty of prep and paint tips in the archives. As far as paint "shine" goes , that is more to do with the painter/equipment than the product. The cheapest paint in the hands of a good painter will look just as good at the end of the day as the expensive paint. You can't "buy" shiney paint, so to speak , you have to earn it. If a person can't get single stage solid red to shine then why would he think a coat of clear is going to be any different. I've probably gave you more to think about than I have actual answers. Answers out of the book are what will make the job last , thinking is what will make it look good and shine the first time. There's a reason good show car builders / painters get to name their price. Most people don't have the patience to become competition. Good luck. RB
 
(quoted from post at 08:56:17 04/30/13) I have read the archive articles about which paint to use on JD 50 tractor. Whether it be a John Deere or Valspar paint, but no one really answered which is the best paint to use on a John Deere 50? I am located in MO and had several people tell me paint from Orschelen but I want quality. I want to paint my tractor once not every 5 years. The tractor will be kept inside. Please an suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for you time!

Between the two you mentioned use the stuff from John Deere.

The stuff from your local John Deere dealer is not bad paint however it will not perform like a urethane. It all depends on how much you want to spend, painting experience, and saftey equipment you have. Lastly how much its going to be outside in the sun and elements.

Here are pictures of a tractor I did in 2007 on my farm. This is working tractor with jobs of spraying crops, cutting hay, baling hay and running a grain vac in the winter a bit. It sits out side most of the time from say May to October and is stored inside for the winter months.

The one pic is when it was painted in winter of 2007 next is summer of 2011. Its had no polishing or waxing and has been washed very little like twice a year. Right now I have it in the shop to fix a pto cable and I'm going to give its first power polish/buff to bring the shine out on the hood again after 6 summers of use. Summer of 2013 will be the 7th summer. I'll take some before and after pics. when I polish it.

I used CIH a paint with no hardner. I sanded all the sheet metal (everything white) and wire brushed the Orange and silver(rims) parts. The white and silver are ok still but the orange has faded some. Cast/engine and frame parts are hard to polish unlike the sheet metal and steel parts.

This was my second full tractor paint job. The first one was an old Massey 90 which was a lot of work but it came out quite nice. For that I again used dealer paint from MF.

If I was to do another one now I think I'd go to a urethane coating if I planned on keeping it for a long time and depending on the color. Urethane's though require hardner's which are dangerous. My tractor is white which is probably the best tractor to paint if you're using enamel. If it was a red tractor It would have needed more polishing to keep it looking nice. Good expample would be my balers. I have some NH square balers (red) that were new in 2006 and they have lost most of their shine especially on top but haven't lost their color too much. I power polished one and its shine and color came back real nice with little effort.
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