Dupont Paint System

I will give you my opinion:

It's not the brand but the paint chemistry that counts. DuPont, PPG, Martin Senour (NAPA) and all the other relatively big names in the automotive paint industry have excellent products that perform as well on tractors as luxury cars. They are more expensive (sometimes MUCH more expensive) than the tractor paints used by tractor manufacturers and those supplied as "tractor paints" by low-end paint manufacturers. Your friend is correct about the fading...but that is not because it is DuPont as opposed to IH. I think it likely it is because the IH paint is synthetic enamel and the DuPont your friend uses is an acrylic enamel or even a urethane.

Ask your friend to give you the per gallon price for the DuPont paint he uses and compare that to the per gallon price of the IH paint. You may be surprised at the difference. You want high performance, you have to pay for it .

Rod

You can use Nason which is a Dupont product and a very good one at that. Cost is about 2/3 of the regular Dupont line. Color match is excellent as Dupont uses their regular mixing colors to formulate the paints.

FWIW.... Dupont is all I use. I took my Oliver 88 to a show and pull at Adams Tn 2 years ago and I had folks come to me and tell me my puller looked better than the show tractors. Even my fellow pullers complemented me on the good paint job. I even had 2 guys ask me what I would charge to paint their tractors.

There was no doubt I used Dupont paint as I had 2 big Dupont decals on the tractor. I needed something on there until I could get my decals applied.

You can use Nason which is a Dupont product and a very good one at that. Cost is about 2/3 of the regular Dupont line. Color match is excellent as Dupont uses their regular mixing colors to formulate the paints.

FWIW.... Dupont is all I use. I took my Oliver 88 to a show and pull at Adams Tn 2 years ago and I had folks come to me and tell me my puller looked better than the show tractors. Even my fellow pullers complemented me on the good paint job. I even had 2 guys ask me what I would charge to paint their tractors.

There was no doubt I used Dupont paint as I had 2 big Dupont decals on the tractor. I needed something on there until I could get my decals applied.

I am sure this is one reason most large metro areas are requiring a paint booth and periodic inspections of paint shops. I am afraid that in a few years the DIY painter is going to be a thing of the past due to EPA regs and local laws.

As with any new technology, it is just going to take time to develope the products to their fullest potential. We have some excellent products to paint with now. I just hope we don't loose them to an inferior product.