Blue paint question

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Dell Balallan
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Blue paint question

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Time is coming nearer to paint the dexta and Im wondering what paint people have used?
there are a few different ones on ebay.
Has anyone tryed this one as it seems a fair price, but as we know cheap is'nt always good!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tractor-Agric ... 5adc4d96ab
Also I just phoned my local paint supplier to ask about paint there and they said that there were 3 different colours listed in their book, they were, Ford tractor blue, Empire blue and Corporate blue, does anyone know which one I should go for and if there is actually much difference in the 3 colours.
Any help greatly appreciated
cheers :D

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Re: Blue paint question

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Try the local CNH dealer. They should have the Ford colour, but that will be to dark. Maybe they have other colours. It's good quality and it might be cheaper.
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Re: Blue paint question

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Colour is Empire Blue on Dextas up to 1963 then NP Blue after that. I used Tractol on Dotty but Old Twenty Tractor Parts has a very good paint too.

Please do not use Twin Pack! Tractors were not a high quality finished item and they look so wrong polished and smooth! (IMHO).
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Re: Blue paint question

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Brian wrote:Colour is Empire Blue on Dextas up to 1963 then NP Blue after that.
Excellent, thanks very much for your help. :beer:

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Re: Blue paint question

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Tons of threads on here about paint, so recommend a search. Perhaps first thing is to decide whether you want to use 1-pot or 2-pack. The latter is more durable and cures much quicker but is nasty stuff (iso-cyanates), so is probably best left to the professionals.
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Re: Blue paint question

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Bensdexta wrote:Tons of threads on here about paint, so recommend a search. Perhaps first thing is to decide whether you want to use 1-pot or 2-pack. The latter is more durable and cures much quicker but is nasty stuff (iso-cyanates), so is probably best left to the professionals.
Did a search but couldnt find what I was after sorry :oops: .
I'm just going to go for single pack, but I spent a couple of years working in a local body shop so it wouldnt be a problem for me to use their booth to paint the 2k if needed.

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Re: Blue paint question

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Dell Balallan wrote:
Bensdexta wrote:Tons of threads on here about paint, so recommend a search. Perhaps first thing is to decide whether you want to use 1-pot or 2-pack. The latter is more durable and cures much quicker but is nasty stuff (iso-cyanates), so is probably best left to the professionals.
Did a search but couldnt find what I was after sorry :oops: .
I'm just going to go for single pack, but I spent a couple of years working in a local body shop so it wouldnt be a problem for me to use their booth to paint the 2k if needed.
DB, If your Dexta is a 1961, it's blue & orange, ie Empire Blue and Howard Rotavator Orange (the nearest colour match). Both are available from New Holland, as "Q-cote"
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Re: Blue paint question

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Bensdexta wrote:
Dell Balallan wrote:
Bensdexta wrote:Tons of threads on here about paint, so recommend a search. Perhaps first thing is to decide whether you want to use 1-pot or 2-pack. The latter is more durable and cures much quicker but is nasty stuff (iso-cyanates), so is probably best left to the professionals.
Did a search but couldnt find what I was after sorry :oops: .
I'm just going to go for single pack, but I spent a couple of years working in a local body shop so it wouldnt be a problem for me to use their booth to paint the 2k if needed.
DB, If your Dexta is a 1961, it's blue & orange, ie Empire Blue and Howard Rotavator Orange (the nearest colour match). Both are available from New Holland, as "Q-cote"
yes mine is a 61 model, thanks very much for your help again.

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Re: Blue paint question

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CNH 9613887DS acrylic enamel ford blue paid $56.13 , BLP orange enamel http://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/b42 ... nfbp3f.jpg[/img]

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Re: Blue paint question

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I use Vapourmatic paints for my tractors, it works quite well and they have a good range of tractor colours,

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Ian

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