How to Paint a tractor video

I purchased it with no painting experience. I was considering painting the body of a Ford 640 myself (I am taking the sheet metal to a body shop). The video made it seem possible. But after reading many of the posts here it appears that without fresh-air breathing equipment I should not attempt this project.

Just wondering if anyone here has watched the viseo.

I'm with CNKS. For one tractor, take the sheetmetal to a shop, but do all or most of the prep work yourself. This is where the labor is, and this is where you'll get socked by a shop.

There is a wealth of info about prepping from the 'usual suspects' (CNKS, Rod(H), Gene, and Cliff) located in this YT section's archives. If you can't find an answer to some of you questions there, post them, and they WILL be responded to. With these guys' help and with some of my recent experience, I can even offer some answers.

One tip you will find useful: When you DO find some of the archived information, highlight the responses, copy, and then paste the text into Notepad or Word or whatever text application you have. You'll then have all the stuff in one place.

Thanks for the info. Actually I have already decided to take all the sheet metal to a shop and have them do it.

My primary concern now is the rest of the tractor. This is an old Ford so the sheet meatal is grey and the rest is red. The good part about that is I don't rally have to worry much about color matching the autobody pro job's color.

But with all the safety issues, I am debating whether to do the red myself or farm it out also.

Money is somewhat of a factor, but I am prepared to spend a reasonable amount on the project. Ending up with over $2000 in a paint job is not really where I want to be though.

It seems I have three legitimate choices:
1. paint w/o hardners
2. purchase several hundred dollars of safety equipment
3. Let the body shop paint everything.

At this point I am wondering which #2 or #3 will be most affordable. I want to end up with a nice looking tractor that will do some work. It was my father's since new, so there is sentimental value, but I do not expect to make it ino a parade queen by any means.