[Farmall] Cultivator Colors

[Jim Becker]

There are several relevant decisions.  WWII pigment shortages resulted in 
several color changes.  Original colors depend on which year you pick.

Use a cheap machinery paint.  It will look decent and you can touch up or 
repaint damage from use.
Jim Becker

-----Original Message----- 
From: john hall
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 7:59 PM
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors

Ben, you may want to check if WHS has any paint committee decisions posted
on these. Over the years cultivators used blue, black, white, and possibly
red for different components.

As far as painting the actual cultivator sweeps, using them at all will ruin
the paint. Now, depending on your soil type, paint on the faces of the
cultivator sweeps may cause the soil to stick. We had a discussion on here
years ago about a product IH made called till-coat to paint over the faces
of cultivators sweeps and plow moldboards so they would not rust yet scour
clean as soon as they were taken out of storage and put back into service.
In my area there is no need to put protective coatings on tillage tools.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Wagner" <supera1948 at gmail.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 8:22 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Cultivator Colors


> Hello,
>
> I am considering painting my Farmall A cultivators for a show this summer.
> I have seen at other shows quite a few different colors for the
> cultivators, and unfortunately since my set sat in a barn for the past 20
> some years, there is no original paint left for me to compare.  What color
> were the cultivators originally?  I have seen blue on Cub implements, and
> a
> mix of red and blue on C fast hitch implements.
>
> What kind of paint would I need to use?  I imagine that if I decided to
> use
> the cultivators (and if I was given an opportunity, I would) the paint
> would wear off.  I'm sure some of you have experience in what paint lasts
> the longest on implements.
>
> I also have a plow for the Lift-All that I may paint at some point.  If
> anyone knows the colors for that, I would appreciate hearing your answer!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ben Wagner
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