[Farmall] Restoration

[Jerry Bossard]

Barney,

Really... I assumed the first coat is a good base without hardener and then
a second coat with hardener would give it extra durability and glossiness.

Thanks.

Jerry



On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Barney Van De Weert <bbvande at yahoo.com>wrote:

> One coat is pleanty- in this case more is not better. 1 Gal goes a long
> way.
>  Barney Van De Weert
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jerry Bossard <jerry.bossard at gmail.com>
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tue, May 24, 2011 10:42:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Restoration
>
> How many gallons of paint will it take to apply a three coats to the
> entire tractor?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jerry
>
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, Jerry Bossard <jerry.bossard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Tommy,
> > Thanks for your 2 cents!  :-)  I'm going to test the paint on the air
> cleaner
> >assembly and go from there.  Thanks!!
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Tommy Wilson <t17wilson at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Jerry,
> >
> > I've had good luck with the cheaper Valspar paint from TSC with the
> > harderner added in. I've used both the gray and red primer and would
> > use either one again. The last tractor I painted was the Ford 8N and
> > I used gray primer on it. That's my $0.02 worth!
> >
> > Tommy
> >
> > At 03:20 PM 5/24/2011, you wrote:
> >>Hello.  Still on the subject of restoration and paint.  I have not bought
> >>paint yet, but I'm not sure what paint brand to buy.  I've looked at TSC
> >>with the Valspar brand and a local place that sells Tallman's brand.  Can
> >>anyone give a recommendation to what paint brand to use for a durable
> >>quality product?  I'm not opposed to looking somewhere else, but curious
> if
> >>anyone has experience with either of these two.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>Jerry
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> > Tommy Wilson
> > Warrenton, VA
> > 1948 IH Cub
> > 1950 IH H
> > 1950 JD AR
> > 1951 Ford 8N
> > 1951 JD B
> > 1952 IH SC
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