Should I paint as I go???

dstates · Jul 7, 2012

I've got the oil pan and a few other covers off my '52 H right now and I'm wondering if I should clean them up and prime or paint them before I put them back on the tractor. I'm not really ready to do any painting, but I don't really want to take things off the tractor multiple times and replace gaskets again if I tear them up. Should I get some rattle can primer and do the parts as I go?

Thanks for your input...

David G · Jul 7, 2012

I have been doing that, should be done in a couple of years. I
plan to sand the whole thing and repaint once all the parts
have a coat.

charles todd · Jul 7, 2012

That is how I have done my 504D. Grill, headlights, other small parts. I have a set of used tires on rims painted silver ready to go. When I change them I will paint the axle housings, wheel centers, and weights. One day it will all be done. I use the 504 as a loader tractor an it is to valuable to tear down for a complete repaint right now. Until I get another loader tractor.

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TomH in PA · Jul 8, 2012

My plan is that every time I fix something on the tractor I'll paint whatever had to be taken off and put back on in the process. Someday I might have the whole tractor painted, but I doubt it.

Allan from PA · Jul 8, 2012

I do the same as the other fellows. If the part is off it gets cleaned and painted along with the area it goes on. Once every thing is done and back on and the tractor is ready to paint then the whole thing is painted and no nooks and crannies missed. Of course you always end up taking something back off for some reason but that goes with the turf. Good luck, Allan.

sflem849 · Jul 8, 2012

If your final goal is a restored tractor I wouldn't do it. If you goal is a cleaned up and red tractor that will be fine. The biggest thing is you paint job is only as good as your primer. Rattle can primer is certainly not HVLP epoxy primer. The primer thickness and quality is just not there with rattle cans.

CNKS · Jul 8, 2012

I remove and recondition everything if I think it needs it. The chassis is stripped of all parts. As most tractors I have need an overhaul anyway, the engine is removed, stripped and the engine and head repainted separately. The stripped chassis with the rear wheels (no rims) are painted. I do not paint the wheels separately because of the difficulty of turning the wheels over, etc without damaging the painted surface. The rims are painted when off the wheels. All small parts are painted seperately. Bolts are painted with a brush and touched up when reinstalled. I do not assemble and then give everthing another coat a some recommend. ALL parts are removed, reconditioned if needed, painted and reinstalled on the painted chassis. Epoxy primer, followed by surfacer on the sheet metal, followed by base clear on the sheet metal and chassis. Some of the smaller parts get single stage urethane if I think base clear is not necessary.

John G. Hasler · Jul 8, 2012

> My plan is that every time I fix something on
> the tractor I'll paint whatever had to be taken
> off and put back on in the process.

That's what I do, but then I'm not trying for a restoration. My tractors are for using and the paint on them is for protection, not prettiness.

dstates · Jul 8, 2012

(quoted from post at 07:13:19 07/08/12) If your final goal is a restored tractor I wouldn't do it. If you goal is a cleaned up and red tractor that will be fine. The biggest thing is you paint job is only as good as your primer. Rattle can primer is certainly not HVLP epoxy primer. The primer thickness and quality is just not there with rattle cans.

Do you have everything off the tractor when you paint it, then? Otherwise I assume you can't get behind the distributor and areas like that...

sflem849 · Jul 8, 2012

(quoted from post at 11:19:22 07/08/12)

(quoted from post at 07:13:19 07/08/12) If your final goal is a restored tractor I wouldn't do it. If you goal is a cleaned up and red tractor that will be fine. The biggest thing is you paint job is only as good as your primer. Rattle can primer is certainly not HVLP epoxy primer. The primer thickness and quality is just not there with rattle cans.

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Do you have everything off the tractor when you paint it, then? Otherwise I assume you can't get behind the distributor and areas like that...

That's what I am doing on my 9. I will get you some shots of the piles.

doesn't mean its right and it is a lot more work but it should be nice.

sflem849 · Jul 8, 2012

Double post!

sflem849 · Jul 9, 2012

Here is a link to my photobucket account. You can see how far I am taking my tractor apart.

http://s1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg601/sflem849/WD-9/

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