Need PPG Yellow Paint code

I'm using # 46180 Green, and I like that color, but the yellow in the book looks too orange, and another seems too gray.

I'm going to spray up some test panels with some old JD leaded paint that I have and try to match it up, but I thought a code to start with might speed up the process.

Frank-in-Tallahassee
70D // 855

Thanks Clooney.

I'm going to go out now and atart preparing my test panels. I'll coat them just like the wheels will be, and finish with a stripe or two of the old JD yellow I have. Maybe even a stripe of the new Yellow from a spray can.

The plan is to mimic the same number of coats and application sequence.

1st: Gray epoxy primer
2nd: Buff High-build primer (I thought this would help me get better, smoother yellow coverage
3,4,and maybe 5: Yellow

I'll sure take those numbers with me. It might get us closer. I just didn't like what I saw on the chip chart.

P.S. Did ya see that mighty 855 hoist that rear wheel ?

Frank-in-Tallahassee
70D // 855

It would lift it at the end of the boom if I pushed up an addditional 50# or so, but it would keep it up once it was there.

I sandblasted the casting. One side I had stripped with my lye gravy, and all it needed was kind of a wash of blast..ten minutes or so. The other side was caked with three coats of paint and primers, and it took about 40 minutes in all to strip. If I ever do a tractor all the way again, I will reomve all I can with the lye gravy. It just really speeds up the process.

After blasting last night (wheel and rim), I blew it down and spayed on phosphoric to stabilize it. I've done that on all the bare metal. This wheel is likely going to hang in the rain tonight, so it might need a second application. I like to spray it on with an old gun because it goes much faster than with a brush, but you need to wear a mask, as it will bite youe nose and throat !

I wasn't aware that the high build might shrink with age...I've used it before and never had an issue, but maybe I've sanded a good portion of it off. The kind I am using is a urethane.

F-I-T

I was using DP-40 (and DP-90 where appropriate) on another prject and I really liked them...pricey though ! My friend has an auto supply business, and they feature PPG. He has been selling a bunch of a 2 part epoxy primer produced by Transtar, and he recommended I try it. On a tractor, it's quite a bit less expensive. I see what you're saiyng about the pitted metal, and I've never really relied on it to fill that deeply.

I have used the gray 2 part epoxy primer on all bare metal surfaces after treating with an acid wash. I am using a coat of the high-build on the hood, and nose cap so that they would sand down smoother. Then like I said, I thought I'd used the buff colored high-build to bring the wheels up to a yellow tint before the color. Does that sound like a decent plan ?

The ureathane high build is a two part, also. You can tell I'm not a paint guy, and I'm really learning as I go. So far I've been please with the results.

Frank

I think those might have been the two I looked at this morning...you know, one too gray and one too orange.

I'll make some swatches this afternoon.

Thanks.

F-I-T