Paint in spray cans

I painted my 8N this spring, using Ford-NewHolland paint for the gray and the red and was very pleased with both. It is called "Factory Match Finish Paint". The gray is: Gray Enamel (39/62)M1J-957-SE5DS and the red I used was Red Enamel 70780DS. I think the gray is very very close to the original gray. In some light it looks kind of brown, but outside in sunlight it is very nice.
Carl S.

I painted the sheet metal on my 52 8N workhorse with TSC Ford Grey spray paint - doing large areas are very hard. It looks ok for a work tractor though. I did all the smaller stuff on my NAA Rustbucket with Tisco spray paint and it turned out great. The trick is to put on a very light first coat (the Tisco spray paint runs pretty easily), let it dry a minute or two to get sticky to hold the next layer from running, then add a little thicker coat, wait a little longer than the first time, then put a nice coat on the hird time - get the ENTIRE surface wet but not enough to run, just get it wet. It will look like a professional air sprayer did it.

However; on the cast I would still recommend brush painting. The cast hides the brush marks very good, and you can get the paint on nice and thick and put hardeners in if you want (use proper ventilator masks).

Good luck,
Dan

The TSC (Tractor Supply Company) Ford Grey used on my 52 8N tractor is way too white compaired to the original color. The Tisco Ford Medium Grey is a dead ringer and used on this tractor. The TSC New Holland Red (NOT Ford Red) is closer to the original color as well. I also have the TSC New Holland Red on this NAA tractor as well. This combination is pretty close to the original colors.

Dan