Re: Spray Painting

Posted by Roger WI on September 13, 2005 at 18:53:51 from (69.58.151.146):

In Reply to: Spray Painting posted by EricB on September 12, 2005 at 07:08:45:

Eric, I painted my first tractor with a cheap Sears air paint gun and used Rustoleum paint. As you all can imagine the results were far from wonderful. Fortunately it is one of my working tractors. Since then I purchased a sandblaster, an HVLP spray gun and a large upright air compressor. This has made all the difference in the world. I also am not a professional painter, but with good equipment and practice you can be moderately good at painting tractors. I think the hardest part is painting the tractor itself as there are so many irregular surfaces to paint around without getting any runs. I find that you can't even get the spray gun in some areas to get them painted. I sometimes prepaint some parts red before assembly as it is impossible to paint behind some areas. I even have resorted to spray cans to get into hard to reach spots. I think the hood, grill, and fuel tank are the easiest to paint because they are smooth even surfaces and you can apply the paint evenly. The only stupid thing I did painting my B sheetmetal parts last year was painting them on a warm day in the sun. The paint dried instantly leaving a nice uniform orange peel finish. After resanding I did end out with a good finish the second time (not painting in the sun). Roger

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