[AJD] Rattle Can Paint

[Almost-Running Deere]

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 
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>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
>
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