Painting your tractor
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:20 pm
I'm just about to embark on this soon so I thought I would share my thoughts on how I intend to do it in case there are hidden pit falls.
Firstly I'm going to remove all the old paint from the tinwork, I have some caustic soda gel left over from a stone cleaning job which should do that nicely, as long as I'm careful with it, it dissolves flesh as easily as paint.
Then I'm going to remove any rust with Bilt-Hamber Deox products and make any repairs necessary - no filler, welding and panel beating only.
After a thorough clean and degrease I'm going to prime all bare steel with Bilt-Hamber Electrox Zinc primer and all aluminium parts with Bilt-Hamber etchweld primer.
I'm going to use conventional single pack tractor paint and conventional spray equipment on panels, brush painting on most castings. One primer and two top coats.
Any comments?
Cheers
Andy
Firstly I'm going to remove all the old paint from the tinwork, I have some caustic soda gel left over from a stone cleaning job which should do that nicely, as long as I'm careful with it, it dissolves flesh as easily as paint.
Then I'm going to remove any rust with Bilt-Hamber Deox products and make any repairs necessary - no filler, welding and panel beating only.
After a thorough clean and degrease I'm going to prime all bare steel with Bilt-Hamber Electrox Zinc primer and all aluminium parts with Bilt-Hamber etchweld primer.
I'm going to use conventional single pack tractor paint and conventional spray equipment on panels, brush painting on most castings. One primer and two top coats.
Any comments?
Cheers
Andy