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bob with a B al

11-24-2006 17:15:35




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I am now painting for the first time .... I have been painting parts then assembling the tractor. Problem is when you put the bolts in you ruin the paint job on them? Then if you try to just spray the bolt you always overshoot. Some neighbors came by and said its better to assemble then paint. Prob I see there is how do you get paint in under all the pieces? Which is best ?




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Don L C

12-03-2006 21:04:51




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 Re: paint before or after? in reply to bob with a B allis, 11-24-2006 17:15:35  
Paint the hard to get, part of the parts and then paint the rest of it when you do your all-over coats.....

When you start on your all-over coats.....start by getting the edges and busy places first then when you lay on the finishing coats you wont get runs..... .



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brad_bb

11-27-2006 09:08:47




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 Re: paint before or after? in reply to bob with a B allis, 11-24-2006 17:15:35  
Be careful. There are a lot of misconceptions out there as far as bolts being painted or plated. Over the years, I"ve found that most tractors have been repainted. Most of the time they are quickie jobs where they painted right over bolts that originally were not painted, but only plated. This has let to a lot of misconceptions as to which bolts were painted vs. plated only. You have to look at your tractor for the stand point of the assemlby line. At the factory they certainly were not painting bolts and then trying to install them. They would paint some sub assemblies. For example, then engine was painted as a unit, but not all accessory brackets were installed at the time of painting. Therefore, some of the accessory bolts or hardware were plated only. The same can be said of many differential/transmission sub assemblies, many of which were painted as subassemblies. It takes some detective work to determine how your particular tractor was done, but keep in mine the assembly line mentality. The factory is not going to paint bolts individually not assemble painted bolts and chip the paint. Additionally, should there be any bolts that you forgot to assemble when painting the sub assembly, I recommend installing them and then doing some quick masking and using an airbrush to paint them in place. I also recommend Epoxy sealer primer on everything, even on bolts prior to assembly. Regards, Brad

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Steve Gerot

11-26-2006 20:33:57




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 Re: paint before or after? in reply to bob with a B allis, 11-24-2006 17:15:35  
I painted a Garden tractor. I paited all the hidden sides first and kinda blended into the exposed areas. Then assembled it and painted every thing exposed. No visable overspray and all sides are painted.



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Mike (SC)

11-25-2006 16:11:31




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 Re: paint before or after? in reply to bob with a B allis, 11-24-2006 17:15:35  
I only remove the parts I have to, to get good paint coverage on the main body thats left.



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SuperA-Tx

11-25-2006 07:10:21




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 Re: paint before or after? in reply to bob with a B allis, 11-24-2006 17:15:35  
Paint first then put it all together. Small artist brush will become your best friend to touch up everything.

One word of caution tho, things that need to make good ground contact like your lights you may not want to paint that area. I had to go back and sand paint off of some of mine.



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CNKS

11-24-2006 18:11:44




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 Re: paint before or after? in reply to bob with a B allis, 11-24-2006 17:15:35  
Depends on whether or not you want all sides of a part painted, plus the area behind it. If so the only way is disassembly. Then touch up the bolts with a small brush.



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