John Turuk
Member
fellas
I have started restoring a tractor. I'm doing this restoration in a double car garage. So far the dismantling and surface preparation are going well although I haven't touched the sheet metal and may not as I may leave that to a local body shop that has agreed to paint the tractor. Most of the process seems straight forward but in regards to the priming/painting/color selection process the more I read the more confused I get. As stated I plan on having the body shop spray all but the smallest pieces and I have decided to use Urethane. The body shop uses Dupont brand paint. So regarding these small pieces my plan is to buy a small container (say a quart?) of this urethane and get this poured into a number of small cans and brush paint and prime all of the very small pieces as I go. If this is doable do I need a respirator and what kind should I use? I believe that the hardener used with this type of paint is extremely toxic so I think for these small pieces I will forgo it. So I'd appreciate it if you will pick this process to pieces and offer suggestions or other ways to go about it.
Thanks kindly
John
I have started restoring a tractor. I'm doing this restoration in a double car garage. So far the dismantling and surface preparation are going well although I haven't touched the sheet metal and may not as I may leave that to a local body shop that has agreed to paint the tractor. Most of the process seems straight forward but in regards to the priming/painting/color selection process the more I read the more confused I get. As stated I plan on having the body shop spray all but the smallest pieces and I have decided to use Urethane. The body shop uses Dupont brand paint. So regarding these small pieces my plan is to buy a small container (say a quart?) of this urethane and get this poured into a number of small cans and brush paint and prime all of the very small pieces as I go. If this is doable do I need a respirator and what kind should I use? I believe that the hardener used with this type of paint is extremely toxic so I think for these small pieces I will forgo it. So I'd appreciate it if you will pick this process to pieces and offer suggestions or other ways to go about it.
Thanks kindly
John