[AT] toy tractors

[Mike Sloane]

I am guessing that the cheap Chinese paint on the Franklin Mint pieces 
is oxidizing. I doubt that the is much you can do about it, except 
re-paint with some IH color paint. I suppose, if you had known this was 
going to happen, you could have covered the tractor with flat or 
semi-gloss clear urethane coating of some kind.

I have not had that problem, but I keep the few models of the IH 
tractors in inexpensive plastic display cases meant for "collector" toy 
cars (I usually have to poke a hole for the exhaust stack for the bigger 
ones). I keep meaning to correct some of the incorrect colors (like the 
black axle ends), but I never seem to get a round tuit.

Mike

John Hall wrote:
>  Too darn cold to do anything else tractor related so I gave all my toy 
> tractors a bath in the kitchen sink. I've got a Farmall H that I think was 
> made by the Franklin Mint. It never was the correct shade of red and appears 
> to be fading. The wheels are not faded , but I believe they are plastic. I 
> keep them where the sun doesn't shine on them so that is not the reason. 
> Anyone else got one of these that is turning pink? All my Ertl stuff is 
> looking OK.
> 
> John Hall 
> 
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