Agco Persian Orange

Does this paint come with hardner? What would the price be per quart in US dollars?

No hardener, don't think it needs it, there is thinner, but I'm not gonna use any. I paid $60 CAD for what we call a quart/946ml, I expect U.S. price would be about the same. I think you could get a gallon of lousy paint for $60, but after trying this stuff, I'll pay the $60/quart and do it once, Trev.

Edited by TREVMAN - 26 Nov 2012 at 5:39pm

Good paint is worth a lot and is cheaper in the long run. I like hardener in paint even if it is just a little. That way if you need to repaint a spot sometime it won't blister and raise up when you paint over it. It also speeds up the cure time and it doesn't have that soft feel to it for so long. It also helps give a little more shine in most cases.JP

I agree that the Agco paint seems to be very good. I have painted a few things with a Agco rattle can and the gloss and finish are pretty nice. Ryan

Trevman, Thank you for posting your thoughts on the AGCO paint. I was at the local AGCO dealer to pick up some parts for the D17 last week and while they were fetching parts for me I was looking at that paint on the shelf. I was wondering if it was any good.

Yes Dennis, I got a quart sitting right next to me. Part#79014785. I think I paid almost $90.00++ a month ago. Question, why is PO#1 so cheap compared to PO#2 when bought from Agco?? Ryan

What the heck? I'm gonna be back at the dealer on Wednesday to pick up a 1600rpm gov spring/plunger for my WD. I'm gonna price the Persian 2 in the quart to see what it is, I don't know why it would be a third more? ITS INVESTIGATION TIME! Trev.

i was always told that hardener will give paint a beter shine and add durability

   Who makes AGCO's paint ???

I was always told that hardener makes the paint job stand up to scuffs better but will chip easier. I've also always heard that it's the hardener that is the most deadly ingredient, cancer wise, in paint as far as breathing it and is bad bad even if it finds the tiniest leak around your mask and I was told that most common canister masks won't filter it out properly. Just what I've been told in the past. 

Dont add anything that isnt recommended on the tech sheet from the manufacturer of the paint. Hardner will help with stone ships a bit and speed the dry time some. It will not affect the over all look or finish. 

Ted I'll look on my bill for the part number. They don't list a hardener, but they do have a thinner on the shelf. I'm not thinning, I use a graco 4500 hvlp machine to paint with, it"ll blow the paint on unthinned. Cuts down on the runs and also thinner in the air. Its the isocyinates that are especially dangerous, the root being cyanide. Don't want that stuff in your lungs! I don't imagine they used hardener in 1950 when this thing was painted I think it will last a while for me, and I agree, Ive "custom" mixed paint before and ended up with a disaster. I don't mix anything in paint that is not on a spec sheet, I don't know enough about paint formulas to play with that. Trev.

Bought a spray can of PO#1, at Agco, this last summer, for all most $25 a can, and a can of PO#2 for $12 a can. Partsman said quarts of PO#1 was $90, and #2 was $25. Fred

PO#1 has more yellow pigmint in the paint. Bright colors cost more.

Deere paint is also made by Valspar. Its excellent paint. Interstingly enough, our "classic green" is $11/spray can and regular green is $9.95.  Yellow pigment shouldn't be too expensive, our yellow paint is around $20/quart. I realize that reds and oranges are more expensive to produce but they are making a literal killing on that paint. I bought several 1 quart cans of Agco corporate orange for $16 each at list price in 2005. 

Edited by ACmowerguy - 28 Nov 2012 at 7:10pm