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sven

03-01-2006 12:32:26




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Tractor Supply company now carries a new line of "restoration quality" paint that matches the correct IH red color. The paint is manufactured by valspar. They claim that with the use of harderned, you will get a quality automotive type finish. I have always been told that valspar is not the hightest quality restoration paint. I was wondering if anyone knew if this new line of paint is really "restoration quality."

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CNKS

03-01-2006 14:38:19




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 Re: Restoration quality paint in reply to sven, 03-01-2006 12:32:26  
Restoration quality is a buzz word(s). It is likely alkyd enamel -- will not last as long as the better paints. Try to find out exactly what it is. If it is an "acrylic modified" alkyd enamel, or if they simply call it a modified alkyd enamel, it may be as good as Case-IH 2150 (a Valspar product). It might be acrylic enamel, so much the better, but I doubt it. Valspar makes all qualities of paints -- not saying as good as PPG or DuPont (I do not know), but for tractors their better paint is probably close enough. I am curious as to what it is also. You can try www.valspar.com, but the tech sheet part of their website is non-functional. The "correct" color is a matter of opinion. To check the color you need to compare it with Case-IH 2150, which is also not correct for all years, but is as close as you are going to find. You can usually tell by the price, $20/gallon is junk, $40 you can think about, $60 or above you can be fairly confident of. I thing PPG/Dupont starts at about $80, although their acrylic modified paints may be cheaper, haven't bought any of those. The PPG acrylic urethane with hardener that I use, by comparison is $130 -- pretty bulletproof.

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VAJerry

03-01-2006 13:21:56




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 Re: Restoration quality paint in reply to sven, 03-01-2006 12:32:26  
My guess would be it depends on what your are looking for. I am "restoring" my Super A going through it one end to the other all gaskets checking all bearings total rebuild on the engine. I am using 2150 rattle cans to give it a complete coating of paint. My goal is to have a dependable mower/snow plow/garden machine I can use and not have more rust on it. Touch up will be as needed. But it is not worth $300 a gallon to have a paint job to get scratched the first month I use it. However if you are looking for what the Deere boys call an expo quality paint job you may want to look at Dupont paint.

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