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dustin47m · Apr 29, 2009

does anyone how what color they use to paint the tire rings is it called argon where do you buy that color or will silver be pretty close this is a 1947 m

Pete76NY · Apr 29, 2009

Argent...depends on if you want to use a gun or spray bombs (aerosol cans). Advance auto has cans of Wheel Paint that work well. Personally, we use
a Toyota color that seems the best: I can get you the Colors (store) paint number if you like.

Jeff Smit · Apr 29, 2009

I use the factory paint at the CIH Dealership. Works great.

ScottyHOMeY · Apr 29, 2009

Originals were galvanized. The usual paint is silver. The CaseIH paint is Silver/Argent and looks good and goes on well. (Argent is just the French for silver, just like the 2150 says Red/Rouge)

Andy Martin · Apr 29, 2009

A lot of us use aluminum paint. It is cheap, it is widely available, and goes on well with a brush. It also tends to protect like galvanizing, and quickly weathers to a nice silver color.

Nebraska Cowman · Apr 29, 2009

I've always bought aluminum paint in gallons and brushed it on. That what dealers did on repaints so to me that is a "correct" restoration.

sflem849 · Apr 29, 2009

They are right, originals were galvinized. I would send them out to get hot dipped $$$

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I used the CIH silver paint. It layed on well (for silver) and looks great. Spray bombs just don't hold up compared to a brush or a spray gun. The paint is just too thin IMHO.

rustyfarmall · Apr 29, 2009

(quoted from post at 05:40:39 04/29/09) I've always bought aluminum paint in gallons and brushed it on. That what dealers did on repaints so to me that is a "correct" restoration.

Exactly. I remember when I was a young boy, watching a guy at a IH dealership brushing aluminum paint onto the rims of a freshly painted Farmall H. That is how I do it now.

Cub n M in OR · Apr 29, 2009

Just a thought here, A friend of mine got some spray on bedliner type material from the local auto paint store. He sprayed it on the flatbed he built for his pickup. Comes with its own spraying system, and can be matcthed to any color. Wonder if that wouldn't be a close match for the texture of the original hot dipped galv, and tougher than paint.

Like I said, just a thought.

Ben

Andy Martin · Apr 29, 2009

I don't think they were hot dipped, probably were electro-galvanized from the smooth surface you see on the tire side of those which are still in real good shape.

Hot dipped would have to be cleaned up or would be heck on tudes. We have a local galvanizer and it is not very expensive so I had thought about having rims galvanized but did not want a rough surface.

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