[AT] Cub paint

[George Willer]

Karl,

The price you were quoted for sandblasting is a good price if your guy will 
do as good a job as mine does.  Don't let the nay-sayers discourage you,  it 
will be money well spent if you do the necessary preparation.  Remove all 
the things you really want to protect, such as the carb and magneto and then 
realize that duct tape can be your friend.  All the places that others are 
concerned about can be protected with either duct tape or cheap caulking. 
While he is at it, maybe you can have him give it a primer coat... money 
well spent.  It will allow you to do the repairs you want to do to a clean 
tractor.  I usually  clean the tractor as well as possible with the pressure 
washer first... sandblasting doesn't work well on grease and gunk.

George Willer


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From: <HaliganBar at aol.com>
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Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: [AT] Cub paint


> Over the past couple weeks I've been trying to get new tires on the Cub.
> Naturally nothing has gone right. I finally got the rims sandblasted, 
> primed and
> painted. They look really good and now I'm inspired to paint the rest of 
> the
> tractor. I was picking at the paint on the fuel tank and it looks like 
> there is
> 3 coats of paint on it. The first coat was yellow, the second coat was a 
> thin
> coat of bright red and the final coat is a dark red that was probably 
> applied
> with a 6" brush.
>
> A local guy has quoted a price of $150-$200 to come here and sandblast the
> entire tractor. Of course there is a bunch of mechanical stuff I want to 
> do
> first. Like rebuild the steering gearbox, replace the seals on the final 
> drives,
> and get the motor rebuilt just cuz. I guess the paint will have to wait.
>
> I ended up using an epoxy primer with a lot of soilids to help hide some 
> of
> the pitting. For the final color coat I used Dupont Centari acrylic 
> enamel.
> It's been a long time since I've done any painting and I'm amazed at all 
> of the
> products that are now available. Thankfully the folks at the paint store 
> are
> very patient and willing to answer my questions.
>
> Regards,
> Karl
>
>
>
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