What paint to use on my tractor?

[Mursal]

I'm the same ...............

 

[Thomas5060]

Not meaning to hijack this thread but don't want to start a new one either but what paint do people use on wheel rims? Going to paint the ones on the 8210 but want something that's hard wearing, seen some rims painted and it doesn't seem to last long, is there heavy duty primer available?

 

[REStracTORATION]

Not meaning to hijack this thread but don't want to start a new one either but what paint do people use on wheel rims? Going to paint the ones on the 8210 but want something that's hard wearing, seen some rims painted and it doesn't seem to last long, is there heavy duty primer available?

Get rid of rust 1st and plenty of primer thats the answer
A red oxide primer is great all round imo
You can get plenty on, its quick drying, its durable

 

[Thomas5060]

Get rid of rust 1st and plenty of primer thats the answer
A red oxide primer is great all round imo
You can get plenty on, its quick drying, its durable

Thanks for that, plenty of coats then?

 

[Zebbedee]

Standofleet 2k paint commercial spec so hard wearing but you do require a decent mask. Used polyurethane for years but this stuff is miles better

 

[multi power]

Thanks for that, plenty of coats then?

Yes plenty of coats of red oxide, flat it down n then plenty of coats of silver mist

 

[Thomas5060]

Yes plenty of coats of red oxide, flat it down n then plenty of coats of Ford tractor grey

Fixed that for you

 

[multi power]

Fixed that for you

Must be that dam predictive text

 

[Thomas5060]

Must be that dam predictive text

I agree hate when that happens

 

[8100]

Me old gaffa got some red oxide from somwhere cheap .Sprayed the 210 Komatsu with it as undercoat looked great I think he 2 pac the top coat but then the 2 pac started coming off in sheets .So do a test panel me thinks first .

 

[Mursal]

Hate when that happens, you start going over what did I forget to do .........
Did he sand the oxide so the 2 pack could grip, though on an old machine you'd think it would be rough enough to grip.
Was it with the steam washer it came off, or just on its own ............

 

[REStracTORATION]

Me old gaffa got some red oxide from somwhere cheap .Sprayed the 210 Komatsu with it as undercoat looked great I think he 2 pac the top coat but then the 2 pac started coming off in sheets .So do a test panel me thinks first .

Was the red oxide 2 pac if not thats your problem

 

[Rs chunk]

Am pretty sure the red oxide you get today is just normal primer in the colour of red oxide. It's not the same since they removed and lead other things out of the paint. I would use a high build primer for the tractor

 

[Shovelhands]

I always use a Zinc Phosphate primer, we keep it in Red Oxide, Buff(yellowy cream) and Pale Grey, I'd imaging there's other colours available. And then use whichever is best under the finished, i.e. If painting a Yellow finish, use the buff, etc.
It's the primer that makes the job last in my experience, doesn't matter how pretty it is on top if the stuff underneath isn't up to it.

But I'm only painting working kit, I want it to look smart, but doesn't have to be concourse. If the top coat gets chipped it's nice to have a decent bit of primer under it.

 

[fergie35]

Hahahah right im making this up as i go along

2k will be hard but brittle so it will chip and cost alot also

I would say a polyurethane/synthetic will be spot on
Plenty of primer and a few good coats of top coat will do him justice always have good results from vapormatic paint but it can also chip easy
Sparex synthetic is softer ive found

There you go haters of 2k....

Do you still recommend Sparex as a softer paint that doesn't chip as easily? I've just sprayed my 65 with Vapormatic and it chips way to easily, really quite annoying! or do you have another preference that isn't 2K?

 

[REStracTORATION]

Do you still recommend Sparex as a softer paint that doesn't chip as easily? I've just sprayed my 65 with Vapormatic and it chips way to easily, really quite annoying! or do you have another preference that isn't 2K?

Sparex is a softer paint
You can also get additives that take the harshness out of it but not sure if this can be used in synthetic types

 

[multi power]

Do you still recommend Sparex as a softer paint that doesn't chip as easily? I've just sprayed my 65 with Vapormatic and it chips way to easily, really quite annoying! or do you have another preference that isn't 2K?

Before I decided to paint my 65 I had someone to paint just the dash, a very experienced person, he used vapormatic, I then painted the rest with sparex paint, now I'm only an amature but I much prefer the finish on the sparex

 

[fergie35]

Before I decided to paint my 65 I had someone to paint just the dash, a very experienced person, he used vapormatic, I then painted the rest with sparex paint, now I'm only an amature but I much prefer the finish on the sparex

The Vapormatic looks like glass, but chips way to easy, getting tedious now! How does sparex fair with chipping?

 

[multi power]

The Vapormatic looks like glass, but chips way to easy, getting tedious now! How does sparex fair with chipping?

Yes I agree, the sparex appears a lot softer, I've not seen any issues with chipping

 

[Mursal]

If you don't mind me asking, why is it chipping?