The last tractor we painted here at home was 15 years ago, a John Deere 4010. I knew the guys at the local Parts store and they fixed me up with the lacquer primer and alkyd enamel w/hardener for the topcoat. Now I'm in the process of building a John Deere A puller and when its complete would like to put on a nice coat of paint.
What I've found is the area body shops now mix their own paint and the local NAPA store guys know little about paint. The guys at the body shop down the road do good work, but all they paint is base coat clear coat which seems kind of expensive for a puller which is going to get nicked up a from weights clanking on the sides of the brackets, tarp over the hood when it rains, hood being on and off for engine work, etc.
The NAPA store will sell me the paint, if I knew what part numbers to ask for.
Are there commonly used alkyd enamels for this type of application and what would the part numbers be?
Everything will be blasted and sanded or wire brushed and sanded.
I kind of wanted to roll this thing out of the shop on a nice calm sunny day, put a tarp down and paint. Its not a show tractor, but ones I've seen painted with the Tractor Supply paint look pitiful in a couple of years. Our Massey turned pink and a blue Ford sitting down the road has faded to a milky blue.
We fabricate, build race cars, engines and that type of thing, but we're not auto body painters. Chassis are powder coated and bodies are built from Risco painted .040 aluminum.
Best off to just stick with the body shop?
What I've found is the area body shops now mix their own paint and the local NAPA store guys know little about paint. The guys at the body shop down the road do good work, but all they paint is base coat clear coat which seems kind of expensive for a puller which is going to get nicked up a from weights clanking on the sides of the brackets, tarp over the hood when it rains, hood being on and off for engine work, etc.
The NAPA store will sell me the paint, if I knew what part numbers to ask for.
Are there commonly used alkyd enamels for this type of application and what would the part numbers be?
Everything will be blasted and sanded or wire brushed and sanded.
I kind of wanted to roll this thing out of the shop on a nice calm sunny day, put a tarp down and paint. Its not a show tractor, but ones I've seen painted with the Tractor Supply paint look pitiful in a couple of years. Our Massey turned pink and a blue Ford sitting down the road has faded to a milky blue.
We fabricate, build race cars, engines and that type of thing, but we're not auto body painters. Chassis are powder coated and bodies are built from Risco painted .040 aluminum.
Best off to just stick with the body shop?