opinions o van sickle paint

jon f mn

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• May 2, 2015

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Anyone used this paint? If so how good was the finnish and how did it last?

 

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dr sportster

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• May 2, 2015

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Jon , shoot this over to the paint and bodywork section and you will hear from the painters.It has been discussed and may be in the archives.

 

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rustyfarmall

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• May 2, 2015

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VanSickle paint is good paint, but if the machine you paint will live outside in the weather, the finish will deteriorate quickly.

 

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Smalltowner

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• May 2, 2015

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I used it on a Jubilee, good paint if you add a hardener, but like said below it does fade some with time, or at least the red I used did after 5 years, stored indoors. There are better paints available so I can't recommend it for a show tractor, but I only have used the red and gray, other colors may be fine for you.

 

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Dan Robinson

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• May 2, 2015

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Shot an F20 in 2010 with Van Sickle McCormick deering gray(CML-0015). Put on a good 2 part epoxy primer first. put a cover layer of gray on then the final coat mixed it 8:1 (paint:hardener). Tractor stays inside most of the time. Has held up very good in my opinion. Have rattle cans for touch up and matches good too.

 

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Dean

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• May 2, 2015

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I've used Van Sickle tractor paint in rattle cans. It seems to be decent paint but is slow to dry.

None of my equipment sits outside.

Dean

 

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TGIN

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• May 2, 2015

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Used it on a 574 IH , did the primer , harder and everything you're spose to. Looked good for a while but has turned a little pinkish or faded . It does live outside a lot of the time . I do have to say the parts I painted with the rattle can look just as good (or bad) as the rest of the tractor . Had cousin that knows what he is doing to help me.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• May 2, 2015

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VanSickle paint is one of the oldest paint companies in America.
I have used it several years, its priced reasonable,can be used with hardner.
It might fade faster than the high dollar paint,if machine is left indoors it will last.
After all its farm machinery and most of it wasn't painted very good when it left the factory.

 

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Bryce Frazier

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• May 2, 2015

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I have painted all of mine with it, VERY good quality for farm stuff... Rattle cans dry VERY slow, HVLP does an amazing job of putting it on....

 

John M

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Nunyafn business

• May 2, 2015

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Red turns pink, green turns blue and both got chalky. That's my experience with the IH red and the JD green.

 

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gene bender

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• May 2, 2015

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They make the paint for John Deere so they must know something

 

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old-9

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• May 2, 2015

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If you use Van Sickle paint use their hardner. I used another brand and had to resand it. I have painted 4 tractors and the one with no hardner looks very sad after 6 or so years others are ok. joe

 

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RandyB(MI)

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• May 2, 2015

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Yea , they were low bid.

 

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Royse

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• May 2, 2015

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"They make the paint for John Deere so they must know something"

Actually, Valspar makes the paint JD uses, not Van Sickle.
At least that's what they told us when we toured the factories.

 

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Royse

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• May 2, 2015

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Jon, I recently used Van Sickle for the first time, so I can't tell
you about longevity or fading. What I can tell you is that it was
easy to use, covered well and looked great out of the gate.
I used the recommended hardener in it. It dried very quickly.

In fact, when I was done painting I put some lacquer thinner in
my paint gun and sprayed it through to wash it out a bit, left the
cup about 1/4 full and figured I could leave it a few hours and
clean it later. I normally do this while waiting on fumes to dissipate.
Didn't work this time. That paint hardened in the gun while
setting in liquid lacquer thinner. Hard as nails to try to clean it out!

I'm hoping it's as durable as it seemed in my paint gun.

 

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jon f mn

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• May 2, 2015

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Thanks guys! I appreciate all the replies.

 

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FBH44

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• May 3, 2015

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Nope, not me, never again. Bought spray cans, sprayed my Farmall, couldn't have been happier. Went on perfect, smooth, glossy, and almost the right Farmall color red..... then developed a white film just sitting in the barn. No sun exposure, a white film on everytrhing. Not me.

 

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gene bender

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• May 3, 2015

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Thats what i get for believing what i read.

 

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Bryce Frazier

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• May 3, 2015

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You are exactly right! Forgot to mention that, this stuff has a MAX 2 hour pot life when using the appropriate amount of hardener. DO NOT leave it in your gun! Just shoot, and clean up RIGHT after you are done with it!

I personally put the "right" amount of hardener in, and then just a "splash" more for good measure. Always has looked very good.... Seems to hold up very well too!