John Deere Brush On Paint

Restoring a John Deere hit and miss. I would like to use brush-on paint. Recommendations and purchasing options would be welcome.
 
I like the Rustoleum Farm And Implement paint. It's an oil based enamel available at Tractor Supply. Brushing an oil base enamel is more technique than anything. The more you brush it the more the brush marks
show. It's because brushing it causes it to get air in the paint and causes it to set up too fast. The paint needs to go on wet and stay wet long enough to flow back together. Use as soft a brush as you can
find and apply the paint with as few strokes as possible. If the weather is warm where you are you can add a little Flood Penetrol to the paint to slow the drying time down.

Having said that if you have compressed air a twenty dollar sprayer from Harbor Freight would be easier and better.
 
Rust Oleum works great. It ain't JD but I
brush painted this Farmall A....
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Thanks! Painted over the winter. By the
wood stove. Sheet metal was done with a
short nap foam roller. Lots of cleaning
before paint was the key.
 
I guess I'm gun shy as I've not had good success in spray painting, i.e., alligatoring or fish eye always seem to give me problems. I can get John Deere paint from a local vendor only a few blocks from my house. He offers stir paint or spray can. Considering the the engine is only 1.5 hp, I could probably get buy with a few spray cans, or use the stir paint in the HF $20 sprayer?
 
Brushing the paint might eliminate the alligatoring but the fish eye is caused by silicone and can occur brushing the paint. The solution for silicone contamination is to add silicone to the paint. Any
automotive paint store will have some kind of fisheye elimator which is silicone. Alligatoring could be caused by the gun being too far from the item being sprayed or the paint needed to be thinned for
spraying.
 

Here are photos of 2 brushed tractor jobs, Never thought I would spent $20+ for a 1.5 inch paint brush, but you have to have a quality very fine bristled brush and minimal strokes for a good finish. Brush marks are barely detectable in both tractors. I used Rustoleum Tractor and Implement paint in a 2 pack from Home Depot for $76. It is a quality paint that applies well. I also used Rustoleum Bare Metal Primer as a base.
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