Red Primer?

Yooper Farmall · Nov 21, 2011

I brought my Farmall H home this weekend after deer season, I plan to take off a number of parts throughout the winter, blast or wire brush them and I'd like to spray them with a red primer. Any suggestions? Some of them will be very small parts, can I get a decent red primer in a spray can?

JRSutton · Nov 21, 2011

Why red primer?

Yooper Farmall · Nov 21, 2011

Because it might be awhile before I paint the entire tractor, and should the paint scratch afterward making the primer visible.

rustyfarmall · Nov 21, 2011

(quoted from post at 12:53:21 11/21/11) I brought my Farmall H home this weekend after deer season, I plan to take off a number of parts throughout the winter, blast or wire brush them and I'd like to spray them with a red primer. Any suggestions? Some of them will be very small parts, can I get a decent red primer in a spray can?

"Red" primer is closer to brown in color. If your Farmall red finish coat gets scratched, you will see brown primer. Why not just go down to your friendly local Case-IH dealer and pick up a can or two of IH 2150 in rattle cans? Paint those small parts as you get them cleaned up and they'll be ready to put back on when you're ready.

Andy in Ripon · Nov 21, 2011

I am doing the same with my Farmall C.... more of a rust color primer. I used a white primer once on an Allis CA - I was trying to make the orange brighter. Every chip showed the white primer.

CNKS · Nov 21, 2011

There is a phosphoric acid product called Picklex 20 which will protect the parts from rust if that is what concerns you, as long as they are inside. Comes in a squirt bottle, smooth it out with a brush and scuff off the white residue before priming. Expensive, but a quart will last for a long time. When time comes to paint use epoxy primer (2 part)-- best primer there is.

Tom Fleming · Nov 21, 2011

I like the oil base primer from TSC in the rattle cans for small jobs. I also buy a rust converting primer Rustolium makes, but it dries black.

My standard process is after the part has been prepped, I degrease with brake clean. Then I use Permatex rust converter. Then I use the TSC oil based primer, red, in rattle can or quarts depending upon how much I have to paint.

Then top coat. Has served me well. My finishes are not automotive quality, but it looks fine for my puposes, and are standard alkyd based paint. Most have decent shine after 3+ years.

400Dtractorman · Nov 21, 2011

I used red primer on my first tractor, never again. Its hard to cover and is easy to miss spots. I use a grey expoy primer, easy to cover. If you do scratch it, usually it goes down to the metal anyway.

rustred · Nov 22, 2011

huh?first time i heard of that.

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