Re: Restoration quality paint

Posted by CNKS on March 01, 2006 at 14:38:19 from (204.249.178.138):

In Reply to: Restoration quality paint posted by sven on March 01, 2006 at 12:32:26:

Restoration quality is a buzz word(s). It is likely alkyd enamel -- will not last as long as the better paints. Try to find out exactly what it is. If it is an "acrylic modified" alkyd enamel, or if they simply call it a modified alkyd enamel, it may be as good as Case-IH 2150 (a Valspar product). It might be acrylic enamel, so much the better, but I doubt it. Valspar makes all qualities of paints -- not saying as good as PPG or DuPont (I do not know), but for tractors their better paint is probably close enough. I am curious as to what it is also. You can try www.valspar.com, but the tech sheet part of their website is non-functional. The "correct" color is a matter of opinion. To check the color you need to compare it with Case-IH 2150, which is also not correct for all years, but is as close as you are going to find. You can usually tell by the price, $20/gallon is junk, $40 you can think about, $60 or above you can be fairly confident of. I thing PPG/Dupont starts at about $80, although their acrylic modified paints may be cheaper, haven't bought any of those. The PPG acrylic urethane with hardener that I use, by comparison is $130 -- pretty bulletproof.

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