Ideas on painting 494A packerwheels

Shane-o-mac · Feb 18, 2013

Hey folks im trying to restore a 494A 4 row corn planter for parades. Im in need of some help on how to go about painting the packer wheels. i got the wheel frames sand blasted and the wheels have rubber for packing. My question is what would be the best way to keep the paint off of the inside rubber. Like where the two frames come togther. it would be ok to tape it but there would be alot of little tape chunks. because theres little iron bars that comes down to the wheel. ill post a picture of what i got later. Also another idea is like using grease or something or soap but im not exactly sure. I thought i would ask some of you guys what your ideas might be? Let me know thanks!

Shane-o-mac · Feb 18, 2013

The inside rubber is what im trying to cover up so i can paint ? whats your ideas

Oliver662011 · Feb 19, 2013

I restored a 494A not to long ago, you have two options, you can use blue painters tape for all the tire including the inside just use little strips and use a bare razor blade to trim along the edge. Or you can do want I did, tape the outside and carefully put plenty of rubber cement (craft/school supply type) on the inside part. Let the rubber cement dry, paint, when paint is dry just rub off the rubber cement, revealing the plain rubber underneath.
Mike

shanehnsn · Feb 19, 2013

oh i never thought about rubber cement that might work i suppose walmart would have some ?

John B. · Feb 19, 2013

I have made many two rows out of the old JD 494A's & 694A Planters the last 6 years. I bought 14 planters one year and made them into two row planters. I never really worried about the rubber on the inside of the press wheels. I did rub off any over spray that may have gotten on the outer edge of the rubber.

If you're worried about the paint on the rubber you can use plumbers grease. It's easy to brush on and washes off with a water hose.

Oliver662011 · Feb 20, 2013

(quoted from post at 03:20:25 02/20/13) oh i never thought about rubber cement that might work i suppose walmart would have some ?

It works good just make sure you fully cover the surface and if you slop some where you don't want it just rub it off. Little model railroad structure painting trick I learned years back that works well on full scale projects.
Mike

retired farmer · Feb 21, 2013

From your picture, I would just pop the rivets and take them apart and bolt them back together.

showcrop · Feb 22, 2013

Are you sure that the rubber was not painted in original construction? Those rivets tell me that they were assembled and then painted.

shanehnsn · Feb 22, 2013

I have no idea on how came off the line but i dont want to take them apart and paint them and bolt them up i want it to be original as possible. and i dont want the tires to look crappy after i paint the rims after so many years. wanting to make it look good for parades.

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