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Don-Wi

12-29-2003 15:54:14




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In your informed(or not so informed) opinions, who's paint comes closest to nailing the clover white and meadow green paint on the later model Ollie's? I think Agco's white is a little too green, but I have never really seen any of the other brands in person to really tell the difference. Any and all opinions welcome.
Donovan from Wisconsin




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Myron KY

12-31-2003 17:02:41




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 Re: Paint questions in reply to Don-Wi, 12-29-2003 15:54:14  
Hey Don. One option is to mix some Meadow Green into white paint and create a Clover White that suits your tastes.

I've been using the AGCO paint. Looks good to me. FWIW.
Myron KY



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Dave

12-31-2003 13:49:38




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 Re: Paint questions in reply to Don-Wi, 12-29-2003 15:54:14  
Don,
I have been using Farm&Fleet Oliver Green and have been very happy with the color match. Sells at Fleet Farm at about $20 a gallon. I also add the hardener they sell there. As for the clover white I use Rustoleum Grasshopper(a custom color),which I got mixed up at Menards. Sells for $5/6 a quart. I use the same hardener as above with it and am very pleased with the color match.

Dave



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Don-Wi

01-01-2004 22:14:17




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 Re: Re: Paint questions in reply to Dave, 12-31-2003 13:49:38  
I've used the F&F paint before, but not on tractors. I've used Massey red/ JD yellow on a hay rake, which faded badly. I also used Allis Orange and JD green on a runnning gear/ hay wagon, that seems to hold up a little better, but I also did a light coat of clear-caot on that. I also painted another running gear the same massey red w/ a little clear caot, store it inside, and it hasn't faded yet. While I like the results, I think I want something else for my 1600, this one means a whole lot more to me, and my brother will be spraying it in the autobody shop he works at. I was thinking more along the lines of the good stuff they already use.
Donovan from Wisconsin
P.S. Where are you located? I've never heard anyone else ever refer to Fleet Farm before on this forum. Have 2 within about 15-20 min drive, go there atleast once a month. After all, it is "The man's mall"

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Dave

01-03-2004 18:46:57




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 Re: Re: Re: Paint questions in reply to Don-Wi, 01-01-2004 22:14:17  
Don,
I`m located in Fond du Lac



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IanC

01-02-2004 17:09:23




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 Re: Re: Re: Paint questions in reply to Don-Wi, 01-01-2004 22:14:17  
Hi Don, I'm in S.E. Michigan, and all the Farm & Fleets around here closed up a couple of years ago. I thought they'd gone bankrupt, at least that what the papers around here were saying. I think the company was based here in MI. If you could send me the phone number or your local stores I'd much apprecite it. My wife had gotten me some leather gloves there that were the best I've ever had, and I haven't been able to find them anywhere else. Farm and Fleet paint is/was made by Valspar the same as TSC stores BPS paint.

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Don-WI

01-02-2004 22:26:05




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Paint questions in reply to IanC, 01-02-2004 17:09:23  
There are Fleet Farm's, and Farm & Fleet's, 2 completly different companies. I don't know off hand any of the #'s, but they are all over Wisconsin, and some in Minnesota, Illinoise, and I think a few other states. Not sure if any at all exist in Mich. or not. We always buy our gloves there, just the yellow Wells Lamont chore gloves. But they are the most durable gloves we ever got. Last 10 times longer than the cheap yellow gloves. I've also heard many refernces to TSC or whatever, personally never actually saw one or heard of one. I asume they are fairly similar.
Donaovan from Wisconsin

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Darrel Johnson

01-23-2004 20:42:36




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Paint questions in reply to Don-WI, 01-02-2004 22:26:05  
All the Fleet Farm stores in Minnesota and Wisconsin, are owned by one or the other of two brothers. One of the Stores is called Mill's Fleet Farm and the other is Just Called Fleet Farm. I guess a few years ago the two brothers has a spat and split up. The Mill's Fleet Farm, Is headquarted in Branerd Mn. I'm not sure where the other is headquarted, but they both have good stores. I know this because I am originally from that area. I now live Part time in New Mexico in the winter and in norther Mn. in the summer.

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Ianc

12-29-2003 18:08:51




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 Re: Paint questions in reply to Don-Wi, 12-29-2003 15:54:14  
In my humble (bumble?, hard to tell anymore) the "greener" white is correct. White tends to fade "whiter" so when comparing the new paint to even the most well preserved "original" tractor it's going to look too green. I've noticed this on our 1555, which we watched come off the truck from Charles City, and now the wheels, grille etc. are "whiter" that the hood side spear that didn't survive the fight with the hammer loop on my bibs when it was only a couple years old, and has been in the tool shed awaiting fixing and re-assembly since.

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