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Billy Lanier 06-11-2011 07:16:58 205.188.116.144 Report to Moderator	I'm in the process of restoring my Jubilee tractor and need help in what I need and how to paint my tractor.I am a professional HOUSE painter with 40 years experience but know nothing about tractor painting.If you would,please guide me thru this,your help is greatly appreciated.I have all the spray equipment. [Reply]   [No Email]
showcrop 06-13-2011 18:46:14 75.67.231.80 Report to Moderator	Re: Need your advice about painting my Jubilee in reply to Billy Lanier, 06-11-2011 07:16:58   Well, I'm no painter but I will see if I can give you a little more help. as Patsdeere has said there is already a lot in previous threads about painting. Just like in house painting most of the work is in the prep. I have a 901 Ford in the final stages now. In order to get at most surfaces you will need to remove not only the gray sheet metal but also a lot of other parts. You will first need to remove all dirt grease and oil. Most here recommend oven cleaner for that, along with pressure washing, hot if you have it. Then go at it with cup wire wheel in 5 inch grinder. Many hours. Remove as much rust as possible. Most here agree do not sand blast, except for parts that you remove. Acid wash with phosphoric acid to convert any remaining rust to iron phosphate. You will see that the rust residue turns shiny black. wash white acid residue off with water and brush. I kept fasteners in separate lots according to where they go. It is very difficult to find correct looking ones so I reused as much as I could. They were cleaned up in acid then stuck in holes on card board box bottoms to hold for painting. Most here recommend epoxy primer once you have invested time in the above procedure. Get Ford red paint, $ depends on desired quality of finish. It will take a gallon. I started off hand brushing first coat of both primer and top coat onto a lot of the small parts. Paint starter and generator red even though you see a lot of black ones out there. Assemble red parts leaving off sheet metal, seat, steering wheel, distributor cap, coil, air intake tube boots, and wiring and battery, carburetor and parking brake linkage rods, and wheels. Scuff dried red paint, then paint final coat of red over all the reassembled tractor. Paint sheet metal and wheels Ford gray, but not the later nearly white shade of gray. Get the rods powder coated chrome, and install and finish assembly, topping off with new decals and new wheel lug nuts. Should be no more than 200 hours.   [Reply]  [No Email]
soundguy 06-13-2011 11:44:42 173.6.156.100 Report to Moderator	Re: Need your advice about painting my Jubilee in reply to Billy Lanier, 06-11-2011 07:16:58   do you have an air compressor? do you have any air line that hasn't been run on an oiler? got a piant gun? imho.. syphon guns are the easiest to use.. but waste air.. hvlp take a lil more technique, but puts alot of paint down, uses very little air.. easier to make runs though. can buy paint from 25$ on up in to the 3 digit$$ figures. soundguy   [Reply]  [No Email]
patsdeere 06-11-2011 10:28:44 67.180.53.3 Report to Moderator	Re: Need your advice about painting my Jubilee in reply to Billy Lanier, 06-11-2011 07:16:58   House painting and tractor painting are similar in that you are using paints and have to have a steady hand. From that point on though it is quite different (equipment, hazards, flash times, etc). If you look through the painting board there are a number of topics about where to start, what to do for prep, what paints are recommended, painting area setup, recommendations to practice on a scrap piece of metal and finally how to shoot the beast. I think you will find your answers there.   [Reply]  [No Email]