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scott#2

06-18-2005 18:09:21

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During dissassembly of a SA I noticed no runs or misses. Makes me wonder how they painted them at the factory. Were they painted a few times during assembly stages? I only ask this because I noticed most all the nuts and bolts are painted as well. I guess they painted it in different stages of assembly and came back and hit it a few more times to get the hardware and other newly installed parts. That would mean a few coats of paint though. Any ideas on this?

If you had a tractor stripped down like the one I am redoing, how would you handle the painting?

Paint the engine and main driveline and then paint each other piece seperatly and assemble? And what about the hardware? Hit it all again before moving on? Seems like almost too much paint.

Just trying to make it look nice again without any bare/rusted hardware.

Sure could use some suggestions.

scott#2

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Peabody

06-18-2005 20:06:08

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to scott#2, 06-18-2005 18:09:21

Scott#2, I have recently painted a Super C and am just about ready to paint my 59 Cub. I use IH2150 paint from my local IH dealer. I also use a couple of 2150 rattle cans to "pre-hit" the hard to get places, i.e. behind oil filter housing, belt pulleys, etc. before hitting with the paint sprayer. The tractor is basically stripped down and I paint the chassis first, then hit the sheet metal parts separately. After reassembly, it's time to hit the buggered up screw cap heads and any assembly dings with the rattle can again. It helps to wait a day or so to reassemble to allow the paint to cure and harden a bit. Good luck!

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Dixieland

06-18-2005 19:53:30

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to scott#2, 06-18-2005 18:09:21

Something like this.

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Harley

06-18-2005 21:32:55

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Dixieland, 06-18-2005 19:53:30

Hey Dix, can you imagine what OSHA would say about that setup today!!!!! !!!No masks, no hardhats, no steel toed shoes, inadequate ventilation, etc., etc., etc., Makes me wonder how they ever got anything done back in the "old days". That must have been great. Time, before government interference. Just can't imagine such a thing. Harley

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Jimmy King

06-19-2005 14:55:58

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Harley, 06-18-2005 21:32:55

Harley, OSHA, EPA, and Gov. interference in general is why alot of our manifactering is noy in other countries.

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Paul in Mich

06-19-2005 07:42:22

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Harley, 06-18-2005 21:32:55

Life in general was much less complicated in the days before government interference. It sure was a lot easier to grind a drill bit, or in fact move a drill press to where you were working, instead of having it anchored to the floor 90 feet away.

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NDS

06-19-2005 09:43:45

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Paul in Mich, 06-19-2005 07:42:22

I agree on a lot of the regulations but on the other hand I went to work in a large chemical plant in the fiftys and retired from there in 1991. For the first 20 or so years no one was interested in preventing employee exposure to the dozens of chemicals we delt with. After OSHA came around company spent lots of money on ventilation etc. and our exposure went down drasticaly and company became very much exposure concouis. Now a unusualy large percentage of the people I worked with in early years have or had prostrate, lung and colon cancer including me. Can not help but wonder if this would have been true without all the chemical exposure in early years.

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Dixieland

06-19-2005 06:50:54

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Harley, 06-18-2005 21:32:55

Hi Harley, Nowadays you gotta have a permit to put up a dadblame fence. Things are a lot different now that the government tells us how things will be done and the lawyers tell the government.

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NDS

06-19-2005 06:02:16

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Harley, 06-18-2005 21:32:55

Yeah, and after 30 years in paint booth with no mask you did not have to worry about being able to draw social security at 62.

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pperry

06-19-2005 03:39:49

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Harley, 06-18-2005 21:32:55

i was just thinking the samething, no mask? they must have knew what they where doing, and actualy cared about what they where building. the stuff that is built knowadays all over the world is garbage. ill take old iron over new anyday.

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Dick Davis

06-19-2005 05:15:36

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to pperry, 06-19-2005 03:39:49

So axels where painted red. Seems I remember a long discussion some time back about axels being black. My nickel Dick Davis

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Van in AR

06-19-2005 07:09:34

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Dick Davis, 06-19-2005 05:15:36

Dick, If you look closely it appears to me that the axles are masked off.
Van

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Dick Davis

06-20-2005 01:03:45

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Van in AR, 06-19-2005 07:09:34

You're right Van, I didn't look close enough, thanks.

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John M

06-19-2005 06:08:57

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to Dick Davis, 06-19-2005 05:15:36

From the pics Ive seen of the operation,the axles were not painted at all.Ive also seen pics with the painters in full getup,suits masks and all leading me to think this was a staged photo.

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MACE

06-19-2005 06:48:56

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Re: How did they paint tractors at the factory dur in reply to John M, 06-19-2005 06:08:57

I would think this is staged as well. Seems I have a book somewhere that has a picture like this of an A being painted that mentions the photo being staged because the fellow has no mask. my 2 cents

MACE

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