[AJD] Rattle Can Paint

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Fri Mar 18 09:27:25 PST 2005


The green is a mixture of  yellow and blue. Yellow tends to be less durable
than blue. As the yellow fades, the result is a blue tractor.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Almost-Running Deere" <deereman1000 at hotmail.com>
To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Rattle Can Paint


> I have seen a lot of "bluish" JD tracors and bought a brake housing out of
> MO that looks darn near aqua marine as opposed to green.  I've also seen
> older tractors pained Oliver green with red wheels, I only hope a dealer
did
> that!  My neighbor bougt a 38 A painted in Oliver colors  Th fellow he
> bought it from had it 20 years and bought it from an AC dealer so we've
> never been able to determine why it was painted that way.
>
>
> Dana
> SE PA
>
> >From: "Terry & Carolyn Welshans" <welshans2 at comcast.net>
> >Reply-To: Antique John Deere mailing
> >list<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Subject: Re: [AJD] Rattle Can Paint
> >Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:50:00 -0600
> >
> >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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> >www.terrystoy.com
> >
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