560Dennis
Well-known Member
- Location
- Madison,Ohio
I’m in the process of re-painting the old Fordson. I’m using Tallmans AG specialties color blend.
Most of the machine is cast iron castings. I wire brush ,sand , and degreased surfaces. I use a Rust-Oleum primer. After, that I ve used a base first coat with a cheap brush , application of tallmans paint. This paint looks like It has brush strokes in it as it goes on. But when I come back In 30 minutes to paint another section. The sections I did lookS great. I don’t know how this paint flows out and looks as if it was sprayed .
I thought about it , I’ve seen Fordson s come off the assembly line in Dearborn, and there is a worker going around the tractor with a brushes and paint bucket , painTing touch ups to the tractor and out the door it went.
I think maybe brushing the tractor is acceptable to me cause it looks good doing that way especially as well as the tallmans flows to a smooth surface.
I don’t know what they used to paint tractors in the early 1920,s but I did see a worker with a brush and paint bucket .
Any comments about early painting of tractors ?
Most of the machine is cast iron castings. I wire brush ,sand , and degreased surfaces. I use a Rust-Oleum primer. After, that I ve used a base first coat with a cheap brush , application of tallmans paint. This paint looks like It has brush strokes in it as it goes on. But when I come back In 30 minutes to paint another section. The sections I did lookS great. I don’t know how this paint flows out and looks as if it was sprayed .
I thought about it , I’ve seen Fordson s come off the assembly line in Dearborn, and there is a worker going around the tractor with a brushes and paint bucket , painTing touch ups to the tractor and out the door it went.
I think maybe brushing the tractor is acceptable to me cause it looks good doing that way especially as well as the tallmans flows to a smooth surface.
I don’t know what they used to paint tractors in the early 1920,s but I did see a worker with a brush and paint bucket .
Any comments about early painting of tractors ?
