[AJD] Rattle Can Paint

[Frank]

for my paint I use a guy that was on the list for a while and he puts some 
in spay for touch up too........very nice!

you can find him at magneter at ix.netcom.com
his name is Eric Rosenthal

Frank
gremaux at tein.net
Central Montana
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis" <louis at kellnet.com>
To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'" 
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] Rattle Can Paint


> Terry,
>
> My local Dupont dealer can and will mix Centari and put it in a spray
> can.  I have had this done before.  It is a little expensive.  Last time
> I had it done, it was around $8 a can.  That included the paint.
>
> Lou
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
> Of Terry & Carolyn Welshans
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:50 PM
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AJD] Rattle Can Paint
>
>
> When I painted this tractor we used DuPont Centauri color 262A.  It is a
> dead on match out of the paint chip book that my friend has from the
> 50's. The tractor is a working tractor, and the paint has been damaged
> with chips and scratches over the last four or five years.
>
> I have tried several brands of rattle-can spray paint, and have not been
> happy with the results.  The one brand I have not tried is the JD brand,
> and I intend to do so as soon as my model B comes out of winter
> hibernation.
>
> The Ace Hardware and Farm & Fleet brands look pretty close, but to me in
> the long run are not doing the job.  The Ace hardware brand I used on
> the carburetor area melts off with gas leaks, as if you were using paint
> stripper.  The Farm & Fleet brand, while right on the color of the
> original paint, turns "bluish" after being in direct sunlight for a
> while. And "a while" is not a long period of time - perhaps a few weeks.
>
> I have been assured that the JD brand will stay on the tractor and not
> fade.
>
> I had some pretty good chips in my dash that I sprayed with F&F brand
> paint last spring that today are not very pretty.  I will mask off much
> of the good paint and the lettering on the sides of the hood and try to
> blend the dash into the hood.  I have some blistering on the front end
> that I want to re-finish and I will sand it down, re-primer and spray as
> well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry Welshans
> Homer Glen, Illinois
>
> "Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest. " Mark
> Twain (1835-1910)
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