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This is insane!!

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Topic: This is insane!!

Posted By: Lanse
Subject: This is insane!!
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2010 at 10:34pm

Who would have thought one little C would take this much prep work?? Dang... I worked all afternoon until almost midnight today wirewheeling paint and using two gallons of paint stripper...

When i painted my B, the old paint was in decent shape, just really faded and a bunch of rust.. I sanded it down really smooth and im really happy with how it turned out.

I would have loved to to that with my C, but, my B was never painted after the factory, and my C:

-Got orignal paint from the factory

-Got painted orange

-Got a brush job in this horrible maroon-red color

-Got another orange brush job

And its all really rough and cracked. This would be alot easier if the last people did unimportant things like prep work and using primer...

But they diddnt... So, i guess it all has to come off...

I think i'll just get a sand blaster next time... lol...

So yea, this is what im doing with my spring break. Pics to come :-)

Maybe this is why farmers have rusty tractors. lol.

Replies:

Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 6:47am

You are learning. (Yet) I have spent that much time on a fender or a rim. It all depends on what you want when your done.
I painted some cars back in the early 1960's for extra spending money along with a full time job. I started being ask for quotes from a lot of co workers that really did not have the money so even at a hundred bucks plus paint was to much.
I started asking how they wanted it quoted. Stone chips feathered, primed and block sanded along with masking. Or spray painted over the stone chips as they were without masking or no masking and painted with a roller. Never had any takers on the cheaper quotes but the requests from non serious people slowed to a stop.

Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 6:54am

You're not alone...

My 'new' 59 D-14 looked real pretty from the road,nice PO #1 paint, new decals,etc.

Now the paint's chipping off,peeling here and there.Heck even the garden hose can remove the 'nice,new paint '!!!

It's too bad the previous guy didn't scuff up the old paint to give the new coat some 'teeth'.

Or give me the decals still in the box.

Yup, to do it right, everything will have to come off and order a set of decals.

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3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)

Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water

Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 8:00am

I ran into a slick painting method. On the rims of my Allis someone had realy slung on a heavy coat of paint. When it started running off they kept slowly turning the wheel until the stuff seixed up. So the runs and sags were in a circular pattern on the rims. It doesn't appear that that style of paint scheme has caught on though.

Posted By: gary ny
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 8:12am

I did a B a few yrs back that had 8 layers of paint on it.It took 4 wire wheels to strip it and it finally showed bare metal.The worst one I did was another B for an old guy that believed pooring use oil over the tractor would be a good idea to help preserve it.I used degreaser buy the ton stripped the paint and still had an oily feel to it,I finally use a half a gallon of laquar thinner through my paint gun and gave it a bath with that .It still had places where it fisheyed from the oil but luckily it was in places that you can see that well

Posted By: Jeff Z. NY
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 8:26am

That's why I never paint them.

New paint on an old tractor just takes all the character away from the old tractor.

All my tractors are what is called field ready not show and tell or parade ready.

It's kinda like a 85 year old man dying his hair and using skin cream to remove the wrinkles from his face.

It take away from his character and looks stupid too.

Old tractors look just fine with old paint and a little rust.

People buy new stuff and then try to make it look old.

People buy old stuff and try to make it look new.

To me that is insane.

Posted By: Sam T-Ga
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 11:02am

I have used a can of Red Devil Lye in 5 gal bucket of water with old broom, will take all the paint off down to bear metal. Then wash with soap and water and paint. Only you can't find Red Devil lye any more thanks to drug dealers. Don't get in on you it will burn a little and the broom won't be any good when you get through. Sam T-Ga.