Re: Painting Questions

Posted by Steven@nd on June 08, 2002 at 20:37:25 from (12.23.184.103):

In Reply to: Painting Questions posted by K.B. on June 08, 2002 at 18:33:19:

It all depends on how you want your tractor to look when you are done. Time is the biggest thing when painting. More time = better quality. Especially prep time. Make sure you have a smooth surface for the primer to stick to: sand to bare metal on parts that have paint chips or loose paint, where the paint is still sticking to the metal good all you need to do is scratch it up so the primer will have something to stick to. I use a $150 High Volume Low Pressure gravity feed paint gun. It works great. However, I have also painted using a $20 1 pint touch up gun and also had great results. I use PPG paints. They have an excellent epoxy primer that does not require sanding before painting, and if you have a few dings you can prime, sand, and reprime to fill them in. For the final paint I use the acrylic urethane paint. It covers really well and paints easy and dries quickly. It can get expensive ($50 a pint for some shades of red, plus reducer and hardener). I always use hardener or else you scratch the paint when you lay a wrench on the hood. Another tip is to use the wax and grease remover from your PPG dealer, it removes all fingerprints, oil, etc. that will mess up your paint job. I use it before priming and then again on the primer before painting.

You can certainly use CaseIH or your local farm and fleet store paint with no primer, but don't let your tractor sit outside very much. After a couple years it will look like this:

kinda pink, huh?

Or you can put in some extra prep time and some extra $$ for the PPG paint and have a tractor that still looks like this after sitting out for 2 summers:

Also, here is our truck we painted 5 years ago or so with PPG paint and it has NEVER been inside 1 day since then:

As with anything in life the time and money spent will determine the final product.

Steven

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