[Farmall] Restoration

[Bob Currie]

General rule of thumb Jerry is that you get what you pay for. It might help 
to read the fine print on the can. My guess is that the  restoration series 
paint has a touch more pigment in the mix. As far as primer goes, I kind of 
echo Mike comments. Why are you using primer? Did you take all the old paint 
off, or just wire brushed or sand it down? There are different kinds of 
primer, regardless of what color you choose. Filler or "sanding" primer is 
usually marked on the can and I mostly see it in red. It is very sandable 
and is used to fill minor sanding scratches and the like so your color coats 
will be nice and smooth and shiny.  If that is not a concern to you, then a 
good non sandable red primer would be fine.  I usually pay a little more and 
after a good sanding or prep job, I like to use an etching primer. It does 
what a primer is supposed to do, that being add a basic coat to the metal 
that will help the finish coats of paint adhere and flow out nice and 
smooth. That rule doesn't apply to the casted parts you might paint, since 
they aren't smooth to start with. I've had very decent luck painting those 
surfaces with no sanding, just wire brushing or sand blasting, and using a 
good paint brush. The paint will flow out fairly good and you won't see any 
brush marks. So....good luck on your project and let us know how it's 
working out.

bobcurrie
Greenwood, CA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Bossard" <jerry.bossard at gmail.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Restoration


> Does anyone know the difference between Valspar Restoration Series Tractor 
> &
> Implement Finish versus Valspar Tractor & Implement Finish paints?  Is one
> really better than the other?  The price difference at Tractor Supply is
> $53.00 for restoration series and $37.00 for the other.  $16.00 
> difference!
> Both are High Gloss.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Jerry Bossard 
> <jerry.bossard at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Carl,
>>
>> Thank you for that information!  That helps a bunch.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:20 AM, <szabelsk at gdls.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The red primer is usually for rusty metal, not clean metal. Read the 
>>> label
>>> and see it that's what it says.
>>>
>>> Also, a gray primer usually requires fewer top coats of red to obtain a
>>> good deep color.
>>>
>>> Red is a hard color to paint with. The pigment is usually thin and lets
>>> the primer underneath show through. Colors other than gray seem to bleed
>>> through red pretty easily.
>>>
>>>
>>> Carl Szabelski
>>>
>>>
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