Ol Kansas Fiddler
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I looked at 19 pages on this forum and didn't see a direct answer to this question. Hopefully, someone else could use this info, too.
Before I owned it, my 1955 Ford 860 was painted (some 15 years ago) with the red-orange paint. Most likely enamel, and they missed many spots. So now I have the front-end axles off for a repair, and I want to get fresh paint on the axle parts as well as the whole rest of the tractor.
So a typical scenario...I go down the budget road and sprayed just the front end parts with Rustoleum Metal-Etch primer, then VanSickle's red-orange to match the existing paint, then VanSickle's clear. Looks great now, but then I read about the durability and the longevity of a 1K product. So after it dried a few days, I was able to dig a fingernail into the paint; NOT going to work for me. Plus I really don't like the red-orange and want a true red. Yes, it's becoming more of a restoration project at this point. So now I changed my mind and want to invest in a 2K product, probably Polyurethane. But, where do I go from here?
Is there a way I can "seal" the rattle-can paint I just put on the front-end axles and proceed with a 2K paint, or do I need to sandblast it back off to bare metal? Please be specific if there are certain products and brands of products that would work better for this application.
Then there's the question about painting over the old paint on the rest of the tractor (probably enamel, maybe with hardner); It's been in a garage for 12 years, and it still faded. I may have seen some info about that on another post, but it would be nice to have some answers here, too.
Thanks for help and the information!!!
Before I owned it, my 1955 Ford 860 was painted (some 15 years ago) with the red-orange paint. Most likely enamel, and they missed many spots. So now I have the front-end axles off for a repair, and I want to get fresh paint on the axle parts as well as the whole rest of the tractor.
So a typical scenario...I go down the budget road and sprayed just the front end parts with Rustoleum Metal-Etch primer, then VanSickle's red-orange to match the existing paint, then VanSickle's clear. Looks great now, but then I read about the durability and the longevity of a 1K product. So after it dried a few days, I was able to dig a fingernail into the paint; NOT going to work for me. Plus I really don't like the red-orange and want a true red. Yes, it's becoming more of a restoration project at this point. So now I changed my mind and want to invest in a 2K product, probably Polyurethane. But, where do I go from here?
Is there a way I can "seal" the rattle-can paint I just put on the front-end axles and proceed with a 2K paint, or do I need to sandblast it back off to bare metal? Please be specific if there are certain products and brands of products that would work better for this application.
Then there's the question about painting over the old paint on the rest of the tractor (probably enamel, maybe with hardner); It's been in a garage for 12 years, and it still faded. I may have seen some info about that on another post, but it would be nice to have some answers here, too.
Thanks for help and the information!!!