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How much base coat red will I need to paint a IH 826? Should I top it with a clear coat,on the cast and sheet metal if so how much will that take?And how much E-poxy primer as well.
Thanks for any advice.
 
You only prime what you take down to bare metal. How much of the tractor is taken down all the way down? I'm not really familiar enough with that tractor to say how much paint it would take. More than likely it will take two gallons of base and you have to clear coat it. If you don't want to clear coat it you will have to use a single stage paint instead of base a coat/clear coat system. It might be easier for you to touch up and maintain if you would use a single stage paint.
 
Stephen would I use a hardener with a single stage paint? Can this single stage be used over an E-poxy primer? With a single stage are we still thinking about two gallons?
Thanks for your help.
 
If you are trying to avoid hardener altogether you might use an automotive lacquer paint. Paints with a hardener though are more durable, especially urethanes which use the bad hardener. It's the iso-cyanate hardener you really need a air supplied respirator to work with it. Dupont Nason is one of those urethane's that come in single stage. I painted this tractor with Nason and it nearly killed me because I didn't use a air supplied respirator. You might also use an acrylic enamel. Enamels while would be better with a hardener don't have to be used. It's an additive you can choose to use or not. Any of these paints can be applied over epoxy primer.

Without being there and seeing the tractor it's difficult to get an idea of coverage. I don't think you would have very much left over with two gallons. The real question is you might need more than two gallons. Unless you have to drive a long distance to get the paint I would start with the two gallons and see how far it get's you. This tractor was painted with 5 quarts of yellow and three quarts of red.
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Steve,would you know if the paint IH seles is acrylic enamel? Would that with hardener be as durable as urethanes?
Thanks
 
the i-h dealer paint is a modified alkyd enamel. it is more of an industrial paint as opposed to an automotive paint. you can add a hardener to it, and it would be a good idea. it would not be a durable as an automotive urethane, but it is probably 1/4 the price. couple gallons of red automotive urethane is gonna set you back close to a grand with the additives.
 
I can't seem to find anything from CIN what kind of paint the Case/IH paint is. On forums, some say it's an alkyd enamel and some say it's an acrylic enamel. If you can find a MSDS sheet that would shed some light on what it is.
 
heres how i figured, a gallon mixed sprayable of crossfire single urethane (with hardener and reducer) is right at 300. he will need a epoxy primer at 200 a gallon and a 2k surfacer at another 200 a gallon, so about a grand. with the alkyd, he can shoot some iron guard primer, then shoot the color.
 
CaseIH paint is a modified alkyd enamel. The modified is mostly slowing down fading. It is close to acrylic enamel but not quite.
 
One of my tractors I am getting ready to prep and paint will have places on all sheet metal that will be down to bare metal but not the entire panel so should I use primer on all of the panel? I would suppose I would. Thanks.
 
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