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IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer????

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hope farmer

08-02-2005 17:02:59

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While researching the paint scheme for my latest rebuild, a McCormick A-24 sickle mower, I was reviewing the IH Paint Committee decisions and ran across a reference to "Blue Lacquer and No.220D Blue synthetic lacquer". Anyone know what this product was, is it still available or does a replacement exist?

I think my mower has some of this on it as there are some areas that have a very faint blue coating on them almost like gun blueing.
Thanks for any insite offered.

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BPNT

08-04-2005 21:31:42

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to hope farmer, 08-02-2005 17:02:59

DDL (PPG acrylic lacquer) can still be had through some distributors. Although lacquer is technologicaly inferior to modern paints, it can increase the value of a restoration if used in required applications. Exact formulations may or may not exist...find a jobber who employs people well-versed in color theory and this will not be an issue as competent tinters can match almist anything...

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CNKS

08-02-2005 17:42:52

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to hope farmer, 08-02-2005 17:02:59

Lacquer/synthetic lacquer/acrylic lacquer is sorry paint in terms of both durability and fading, particularly on an implement. Acrylic lacquer was used on GM cars and others in the 60's/70's/80's, sometimes good sometimes awful (I have owned both). Used to be very popular on show cars because it can be buffed to a high shine. Doubt if you want to do that on a sickle mower. You may have trouble finding the correct color. Two IH codes for blue are 400A and 1150B, 400A is for pre-1947. I'm not the expert because I have never painted an implement. I do not know if those colors can be mixed. For your purposes, an inexpensive acrylic enamel will provide you with decent gloss and fade resistance. You might study the Wisconsin archives more to see if you can pin down the shade of blue. I believe some of the farm store paints will come in IH "implement blue". However, these are cheap alkyd enamels, and will fade rapidly.

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jason(ma)

08-02-2005 17:37:09

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to hope farmer, 08-02-2005 17:02:59

Here is a pic of my #12 mower. I'll post more later

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Jason(ma)

08-02-2005 18:28:50

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to jason(ma), 08-02-2005 17:37:09

This is a number 12 mower, they were built 1934/35. I used paint commitee decisions 31,34,41 and 61. 61 is for tractor mowers. I used IHC50 on both the gear box and the frame I didn't try and come up with indian red. For IHC 50 I used ppg's 70016 in concept. For IHC blue I used ppg's 10067. I feel that concept is over kill on a mower, omni would be fine. I wanted to work with concept before I did a tractor.

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hope farmer

06-16-2007 05:16:03

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to Jason(ma), 08-02-2005 18:28:50

I hesitate to ask this question for fear of being burned at the stake or cast into Pergatory but, how close is Ford blue to IH blue? I'm thinking about the colors currently available in rattle cans. My local Tractor Supply has both IH red and IH white but no IH blue.
I'm not as worried about having the correct vintage color or shade of paint, I just don't want something that's out in left field.
Thanks for your time.

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CNKS

08-02-2005 19:25:42

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to Jason(ma), 08-02-2005 18:28:50

I thought the IH 50 number in Omni was 70019, does it change in Concept and become 70016, or is that just a typo?

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jason(ma)

08-04-2005 09:04:28

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to CNKS, 08-02-2005 19:25:42

aggghhhhh yes it's a typo supposed to be 70019. My reciept show 70016 but the can is 70019. Sorry

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CNKS

08-04-2005 16:39:33

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Re: IH / Farmall Blue Lacquer???? in reply to jason(ma), 08-04-2005 09:04:28

I mentioned it only to keep someone from asking for 70016 and having it come out purple or something, if it even exists.

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