[Farmall] restoration questions

[Mike Schmudlach]

Use a high build primer.  Many are 50-50 with Laquer thinner.  Dries fast.
Spray on.....wait a bit...block sand....spray more on....block sand...until
you fill all of the pits.
Another route is to use Epoxy primer.  You can body fill over epoxy primer.

Always ask the guys at the Automotive paint store what they recommend.....Do
not mix products!!

IH paint is not expensive and you can use a hardener with it but your
results won't be a great if you use $100 a gallon paint.  If this is your
first project I would use IH paint or the equiv.
Just because you have expensive paint doesn't mean you will have a great
paint job.  To put on an automotive finish takes good equipment, filters and
skill.
And remember all of this stuff is toxic.  LOL   There is a reason most
autobody painters are the way they are.  :-)
The first tractor I ever restored still wears that paint job (and dents) and
it is not a thing of beauty but it looks better then what I started with.
Have fun and remember "it is a tractor" and just about anything you do will
be as good as it came out of the factory.
Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bobby Guilbeau" <bguilbea at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Farmall/IHC mailing list'" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: [Farmall] restoration questions


> I know I will get differing opinions on what to do but here goes anyway.
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> I am undertaking my first restoration project.
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> Thus for I have decided to sand/garnet blast as many parts as possible
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> All of the sheet metal on the old bird (1943 AV) is pitted
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> After blasting do I need to prime then fill or fill then prime?
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> I am planning on using DuPont 615 S VariPrime as my primer on the sheet
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> While lurking for the past couple of years I have come to the
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> that I would be better off top coating with an automotive paint that uses
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> hardener versus the IH paint available from the dealer.  Is this so?
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> Bobby Guilbeau, Ranger
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> Evangeline Area Council - BSA
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> St. Landry, LA
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