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Jeff_MI

01-07-2003 18:40:26

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I don't have paint equipment or access to it, and I don't want to pay someone to do it. I'm thinking of painting my tractor by hand using Rustoleum paints. When I restored my last tractor I used paint cans, and it turned out very nice - glossy with only a couple of small runs. My thought is that painting by hand will leave a thicker coat and won't require a paint booth. Am I making a mistake? Any advice? Thank you.

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ken christopherson

01-27-2003 21:50:49

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

I have paited all my tratos with Farm and Fleet Farm Equipment paint. Works great and you can sind the primer baby butt smooth too. I have inserted apicture of my best project. I also ued Rust Oleum's Clear coat on this tractor. Turned out VERY VERY nice. I'd say a show quality tractor. By the wy, I stripped the front & rear rims and re-galvinized them with rust-oleum galvanizing paint, butI have to re-dop them because I primed and then painted. You arenot supposed to use ANY primer with the re-galvanizing paint!

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Frank (n.mi.)

01-17-2003 14:25:59

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

One of the guys over on the n board talks about brush painting the tractor and then when the paint is still wet/tacky spraying the same color over it from a spray can. Claims it flattens the brush strokes and looks great! You might try an archive search on the 8n board for more details...

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Larry

01-10-2003 18:49:12

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

Too bad you're so far away, you could drive your tractor over here and I'd let you use my stuff to paint it, providing you'd promise to be neat and tidy.... I would. Don't you have a friend that would let you use his (her) paint gun and stuff? You know, I've found that the love of old tractors is like a common bond, and it seems to draw people together....people that normally wouldn't have much in common. Look around, my guess is you'll have someone that would enjoy the company and you'll end up with a nicer looking tractor.

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David

01-09-2003 07:25:14

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

Painting castings by brush will often look ok. Brushing sheet metal is ok too if carefully done but you will always get a better finish on sheet metalwork by spraying even with very basic equipment. A friend of mine sprayed a car with a spray attachment that came with a domestic vacumm cleaner for putting shampoo onto carpets and got a result that he said was acceptable! - I didn't see it and can't really comment on how good or bad it was but it would have been an old car for sure. I think I'd use an airless spray gun rather than brush painting if I was stuck but even a small compressor and spray gun can produce results that I think are acceptable for tractors. I'm doing the tinwork on my FE35 at the moment with a small compressor and �20 gun and its as good a finish as I'd get with better gear. It can do the bonnet ok but would probably burst into flames if I tried to do the entire tractor in one go as it does run continuously and still runs short of air, but it does work - and if it burns out I will have a good excuse to buy a bigger one!

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Frank

01-08-2003 19:05:45

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

If you were satisfied with the last one you did, go for it.

I have used rustoleum spray cans on tractors and I was satisfied. I used one of those heads that you fasten to the can so you have a trigger to pull instead of "pushing the button".

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Jerry B

01-08-2003 09:28:34

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

I will tell you what I have learned over the years.

Paint with a high quality brush will put a decent coat of paint but will leave brush strokes in the paint unless it is thinned considerabley. Then you have the risk of runs. Using a hardner will help the paint cure quicker but you run out of painting time unless you mix only about a quart of paint at a time.

After drying, you can wet sand the paint and buff it in a normal fashion. This may not be an option because a paint gun costs less than a good quality bufffer and buffing wheels. If you don't have the gun, you won't have the buffer.

A trick that I have heard old timers talk about but haven't tried myself is to use powder puffs to apply the paint. It takes about 2-3 dozen to do a car so it is any ones' guess as to how many to paint a tractor. They just dip the puff into the paint and dab the paint onto the surface. when the puff gets loaded, it is tossed and another is used.

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Peabody

01-08-2003 06:25:23

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Re: Painting by Hand in reply to Jeff_MI, 01-07-2003 18:40:26

My experience is, if you paint it by hand, it is going to look like it was painted by hand. Unless you are going strickly for protection and preservation, I don't think you will be happy with the "brushed" look.

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