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01-20-2007 06:04:11




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Just another answer to an earlier post about all the varying shades of jd greens. The color shades probably all started out life as either of two shades that we call "classic green" or "ag green" (new gen). Even though the colors started out life meeting the same shade spec , there were different grades of pigment used to achieve those shades. Some pigments don't hold up to ultraviolet rays as good as others and will turn colors after a short time. Cheap reds turn pink and cheap greens turn blue and some just darken or lighten. Paint was nothing but a nessissary evil in the production of equipment and therefore was a prime place to cut costs. Some seem destined to re-create this when they restore an antique tractor. Good luck! You can't re-create an unknown. The closest one can get is to find the original "spec" (NOT) or find the least "exposed to elements" example of original paint possible and match it. Then use "good" hi-tech paints so the job will "stay" that color for years. It ain't just tractors , cars did the same thing for years. Pain in the drain to match. Since hi-tech products and clear coats , matching even a ten yr old car color is a breeze. Some will swear by the "classic green" from the Jd dealer. It is the same "old" tech as back then. May look good now , but hope you don't have to repair or re-paint just a part of it in the future cause it probably won't match.

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