How much paint for sheetmetal

How many quarts will I need to paint for Ford 8n sheetmetal? The hood, fenders, grill, dog legs? I'm planning to use PPG Delstar 31657. Do you know if Tractor Supply Company has a color that matches this PPG color? Also, how much enamel hardner do I need to purchase? What about thinner?

Thanks.

If spraying (which I recommend) your sheet metal follow the thinning instructions on the paint and what your paint rig says. All hardeners show how much to add to enamel paints, so follow those instructions.

On my engine tranny, etc. hand brushed TISCO Ford red right outta the can using a 2" brush followed by one light pass with a spray can and am completely amazed at how well she turned out. The brush strokes flattened out. With sheet metal off, all rust treated with a rust converter it took me about 6 hours to hand paint.

I too have discovered that painting the cast iron parts with a hand brush and then spraying lightly with a spray does a fine job. It leaves few, if any, brush marks and applies a good thick coat of protective paint. I have always used a pneumatic spray gun set up to paint the entire tractor until I repainted my Ford 2310 a few weeks ago. I tried the brush method for the cast iron components and sprayed the sheet metal and wheels and it turned out great. Rick H. Ga.

I used rattle can primer, from Wal-Mart...

As far as thinner and hardener, the paint label will give you the information that you need. I would stick with a "system" that works together. I used Martin Senior acrylic enamel from Napa and for a novice painter it was extremely easy to spray and went on nearly perfect.

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