ken, here are some pics of what you are looking for. here is my opinion on paints, (and i own a body shop) if you have never painted before, and want to practice, by all means go with the alkyd enamels. they are very in-expensive, you will learn how to mix, and spray to "get in the game". are they as good a product as the highlines, no, of course not. will you get satisfactory results? if you take your time, you can get good results. does the cheaper paint last? keep it sheeded when not in use and it will last a long time. ok heres a few tractors
farmall cub in farm and fleet alkyd, with valspar hardener, rust-oleum silver on the wheels, with hardener. painted prolly 10 years ago
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42 m painted in f/fleet,same as cub
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here is a jd 301 hood in big r's mystic brank alkyd(soy bean based paint)
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here is the 301 with the painted hood and front installed.
here is a 49 m i just painted, crossfire urethane (single stage from napa) base/clear on wheels)
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here is the 42 m last year on the sickle mower
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here is the cub mowin, its real dirty
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the alkyds will prolly run 100 to 150 in materials. the urethanes in a single stage, prolly around 450 to 600. i am speaking of paint, reducers, hardners, sealers, primers, sandpaper, body filler ect.
now if you really want to flip some coin, here is a del sol we painted for a customers daughter. this is a house of colors custom candy fushia tri coat pearl. lookin at somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 to 2500 in just materials. between base coats, pearls and clears, there are 12 coats of paint on this little stinker.
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