[Farmall] Van Sickle Paints

[Jim Becker]

I got some VanSickle blue several years ago.  At the time, it was the only 
reasonable match that I knew of for Harvester Blue.  It is conventional 
"inexpensive" machinery paint.  With paint, you do to some extent get what 
you pay for.  I have applied it with both a brush and a Preval sprayer.  It 
goes on pretty well.  Even I can make it look half way decent.  I agree with 
Bob on the Preval, but my local Home Depot and Lowes no longer carry it.

The color match for blue is good.  I can't speak to how their gray matches 
any of the IH grays.  I'm not sure I have tested for fading.  The things I 
painted mostly stay inside a building with skylights, but not directly in 
the sun/weather.

I one shortcoming I have noticed is durability to direct wear.  One of the 
things I painted was a sickle bar mower.  I thought the paint on the cutter 
bar wore off much more quickly than an original IH paint job.  A cutter bar 
is exposed to quite a lot of abrasion, so I shuoldn't expect wonders in that 
application..

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Gustafson" <gustafsonjohnc at wildblue.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:07 PM
Subject: [Farmall] Van Sickle Paints


> We are coming up to the turning point on the Regular where we start 
> putting
> stuff back together rather than take apart. We have some parts cleaned,
> snadbalasted and primed and have started looking for a finish coat. We are
> aware of the numbers available for Dupont/ Martin Senour and PPG but came
> across Van Sickle. They actually list a Farmall gray and it appears to be
> available in rattle cans which for the pace we are working and for a lot 
> of
> the parts like pedals and brackets  looks like a good approach.
>
> Just wondering if there was any experience out there
>
> John G