I haven't seen this question asked, but I've been wondering about how I was going to finish from the time I started unbolting components 2 years ago. I'm reconditioning a 51 Farmall Cub. Everything has been taken apart, cleaned, stripped, and primed. New seals, gaskets, brakes, etc. Everything is removed down to the engine block, bell housing, and trans, which is up on blocks. Priming was accomplished in my garage in half a dozen batches with parts hanging from coat hanger wire hooks, chains, you name it. My question is: what is the best way to topcoat? I roughly contemplated I'd paint batches of the individual parts with several coats, using the hangers and chains again. But should I assemble only after all the topcoating is done (touchup the bolt heads individually) , or shoot a couple coats of topcoat, reassemble, and topcoat the whole thing one more time? How do you guys do this? I'm planning to use OMNI 2K urethane. How many coats would you recommend? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Hopefully I'll get my priming/painting technique straightened out first. This board has been a great help. Thanks
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