Trouble finding Oliver Red for wheels

PaulD86

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As the title states, is there a particular shade of red people are using for this? If so, what might it be. Thank you, thus far I like this site. :)
 
I cannot help, other than yes, it does appear the Oliver red is unique, also very good lookin.
 
(quoted from post at 11:14:07 08/04/16) I cannot help, other than yes, it does appear the Oliver red is unique, also very good lookin.

It is a nice color, I think it is slightly darker than Cockshutt's vermillion red.
 
Unless I'm missing something, just go to Google and type in "Oliver Red Paint" as I did and many sources will appear. Looks like you can buy it by the quart, gallon, and even in spray cans.
 
(quoted from post at 16:35:53 08/04/16) Unless I'm missing something, just go to Google and type in "Oliver Red Paint" as I did and many sources will appear. Looks like you can buy it by the quart, gallon, and even in spray cans.

Yea, I have tried and there seems to be several different "Try this one."

I'll have to ask my local paint store about the DuPont code I found however, as at least I know what I would be getting quality wise with that.

Any recommendations would be welcome.
 
is there any original paint left on the wheels? if there is, take a sample, or even a whole part to a paint store that has a color scanner, they can reproduce the exact original shade, i recently had to use that method while restoring a 1957 chevy 2 ton truck, to get the right colors and the owner wanted the truck in the exact colors he bought it in brand new, the only good paint i found was when i removed the hood ornament, the paint under that was perfect, i had to take the whole hood to the paint shop! they matched it perfectly with a color scanner, the trim was slightly easier i found good unfaded paint on the back side of a headlight trim ring , for your tractor you'll want somewhere like behind a wheel weight or if it doesnt have that try the inside of the rim against the tractor it should have not faded, light color sanding should bring up the original shade too but be careful of flattening the color
 

Nope, don't have that color on anything currently. That is a good idea however and I might be able to find someone who does.
Thank you
 
I have told it before, The local Oliver dealer in the 1990's was restoring the older Oliver tractors in house. I bought the paint for my 77 that he carried in stock to sell over the counter. The red paint for the wheels said IH red on the cans. The paint for the grill was MM prairie gold. The dealer claimed it was exact matches to what Oliver used.

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