Re: Painting with a BRUSH!

Posted by Alberta Mike on June 01, 2004 at 17:15:50 from (209.47.89.106):

In Reply to: Painting with a BRUSH! posted by Ben uk on June 01, 2004 at 12:45:02:

I've learned a few things about painting, some good things and some bad. All my suggestions relate to a good quality machinery enamel (which will never stand up to wear and tear or for color retention and fade resistance like a good automotive paint will). Having said that, machinery enamel brushes on any rough or unmachined castings very nicely, I'd say looks every bit as good as a spray job on those parts. As for the tinwork, there's no way you can hide a brush job but what you can do (another fella mentioned it below) is roll the paint on. Some areas are tough or impossible to roll so you might have to do some brushwork but the rolling works well. I've used one of those small 4" rollers (good quality ones) and had good results. Make sure you vacumn it well and brush it off well before you paint or you'll get those little fuzzies in your finish. Maybe paint some scrap sheet metal you've got kicking around for practice first. It'll also get rid of some of that fuzz. It will be a bit "orange peel" but it will look good and the decals will go on fine once they dry out. Last, spray cans don't lay down much paint, most of the can is just the solvent carrier liquid. I also find that spray can paint fades quickly and in some cases changes color. Last advice is to keep your machinery enamel painted tractor out of the sun as much as possible or fading is inevitable. Good luck.

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