Well I washed the Ollie, then hit it with engine cleaner and oven cleaner. This lifted most of the grime, some of the paint, and "burned" the rest of the Industrial yellow. This paint appears to have been sprayed partially over the original green and partially over stripped tractor with no apparent primer. Some areas did not get yellow (like the gas tank and under the hood), and these were stripped by the cleaner.I rinsed the oven cleaner off, then scrubbed the machine with a red Scotchbrite and some water with dish detergent in it. The yellow paint now is bright, except the "burned" areas on the deep cast areas that the Scotchbrite didn't reach into well (like the rough cast trans housing). The rust is, well, rusty. I primed a couple of the hidden areas with rattle cans and painted them with rattle cans and they look good. The question is, do I now shoot primer then coat with primer/sealer then paint (NAPA Caterpillar yellow), or just primer and paint, or just primer/sealer then paint, or just paint (which seems wrong)? I'm going to sell the beast, so the "long life" of the paint is not really the issue. I do want it to stick though. Tell me your thoughts!
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