JD dealer paint

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Getting ready to start assembling my '41 H. I don't know much about painting so I'm asking. Should I go with the dealer's paint? Which color, classic or ag and turf green? I'm going to get the main case hot-tanked due to internal crud and rust that I can't sandblast so what about primer? I can do some blasting. Besides the dealer, who makes an accurate color match. I'm not after perfection but I want to come out with a nice job.

 

[Mark-Ia]

i always use John Deere paint. I don't see much difference between the Classic or Ag green. Put some hardener in, and use Enamel reducer from a paint supplier with the correct temp. range.

 

[Stephen Newell]

Getting ready to start assembling my '41 H. I don't know much about painting so I'm asking. Should I go with the dealer's paint? Which color, classic or ag and turf green? I'm going to get the main case hot-tanked due to internal crud and rust that I can't sandblast so what about primer? I can do some blasting. Besides the dealer, who makes an accurate color match. I'm not after perfection but I want to come out with a nice job.

The paint job would last a lot longer if you would use automotive paint. I know it's more expensive but if it keeps you from having to do that job again it's worth it. There are places online you could get the color code where the paint jobber could get the color right. If there is any small part where the original paint is good they can also color match it like a paint store does with house paint. If the tractor has a lot of crud on it you might go over it with oven cleaner and then power wash it. Then use the tractor to see where the crud is coming from and replace some gaskets or seals. Nothing worse than to spend a lot of time fixing up a tractor only to see it covered in crud shortly afterwards.

 

[showcrop]

What Stephen posted. I have been using cheap paint. Only around three hundred for the three components to make a gallon. A friend just spent $3600.00 for just the paint to get his square body Chevy painted.

 

[JD Dave]

John Deere paint is good quality. My guess is, if you do a nice job of preparation the tractor will look better than when it left the factory.

 

[a49deere]

A friend used dealer paint, His tractor looks beautiful, nice shine, don't know if he added anything or not. I would definitely use epoxy primer, after using phosphoric acid to neutralize any hidden rust.

 

[m16ty]

I’m in the epoxy primer and automotive paint camp.
I absolutely despise preparing a tractor for paint, I see no reason for me to go through all that work, only to put less than optimal paint over it.
That being said, if you aren’t going to do the proper prep work, whatever paint you use isn’t going to look good.

 

[showcrop]

John Deere paint is good quality. My guess is, if you do a nice job of preparation the tractor will look better than when it left the factory.

Do you know what the JD paint is??? We all know that JD doesn't make it.

 

[Mark-Ia]

Used to be made by Valspar.

 

[m16ty]

Do you know what the JD paint is??? We all know that JD doesn't make it.

I’ve had people tell me it’s the same paint they paint new tractors with, it isn’t.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

I’ve had people tell me it’s the same paint they paint new tractors with, it isn’t.

How do you know that?

 

[m16ty]

How do you know that?

Because no new tractor manufacturer is painting their new tractors with cheap enamel (which is what the JD paint you buy at the dealer is). I suspect most of their paint process is powder coating.