Ford Paint Question

[nh8260]

I asked the Ford dealer about this and didn't get much of an answer, on my 1991 Ford 5610, I need to repaint the grill and a few areas on the fenders Ford white. CNH had 2 choices in a spray can, one was Blanco White.... on the can it said 1994 to current. The other was Ford Grey, and that was from the 60's to 1993.

Does anyone know what the correct paint is for this tractor? I've always seen the grill, fender, and wheels painted with a brighter white not a greyish color.

 

[showcrop]

The Ford Gray is usually from 1949 to 1963. That is gray not grayish. Ford switched to the off-white Blanco when they came out with the "World Tractor in 1963. It is nearly white, certainly not gray. I doubt if you were asking at a Ford Dealer. They have only cars and trucks since 1997. You wewre probably at CNH or Fiat, who wants nothing to do with our old Fords.

 

[mhb@ufe]

I asked the Ford dealer about this and didn't get much of an answer, on my 1991 Ford 5610, I need to repaint the grill and a few areas on the fenders Ford white. CNH had 2 choices in a spray can, one was Blanco White.... on the can it said 1994 to current. The other was Ford Grey, and that was from the 60's to 1993.

Does anyone know what the correct paint is for this tractor? I've always seen the grill, fender, and wheels painted with a brighter white not a greyish color.

Ford used grey gloss paint from 1965 to 1994. It looked very much like it was white until you tried touching it up with white paint.

 

[sotxbill]

Usually sold as ford Lt grey...

 

[mhb@ufe]

Usually sold as ford Lt grey...

Back then Ford actually sold it labeled grey gloss, Every thing now refers to it as lt grey.

 

[showcrop]

Usually sold as ford Lt grey...

No, Light gray was 8N through the 100s. It followed the much darker gray of the 9Ns and 2Ns

 

[mhb@ufe]

No, Light gray was 8N through the 100s. It followed the much darker gray of the 9Ns and 2Ns

The paint for the 8N through hundred series is now considered medium grey. Dark grey for the 9N and 2N. Light grey is what used to be called grey gloss.

 

[showcrop]

The paint for the 8N through hundred series is now considered medium grey. Dark grey for the 9N and 2N. Light grey is what used to be called grey gloss.

Nope, Light gray was 8N through the 100s, because as we all know it was obviously light compared to the 9Ns and 2Ns. Medium gray, which many guys say has a kind of a yellowish tan tint to it, was the XX1s. Medium gray is what is now called "Ford Gray" since a couple years ago Fiat eliminated all but one gray and one red to reduce inventory costs. Derrick Hill posted a few weeks ago that CNH is getting completely out of the paint business. I have painted both a 900 and two 901s. I got the paint digitally analyzed from a surface like the underside of the battery box that had never been repainted.

 

[mhb@ufe]

Nope, Light gray was 8N through the 100s, because as we all know it was obviously light compared to the 9Ns and 2Ns. Medium gray, which many guys say has a kind of a yellowish tan tint to it, was the XX1s. Medium gray is what is now called "Ford Gray" since a couple years ago Fiat eliminated all but one gray and one red to reduce inventory costs. Derrick Hill posted a few weeks ago that CNH is getting completely out of the paint business. I have painted both a 900 and two 901s. I got the paint digitally analyzed from a surface like the underside of the battery box that had never been repainted.

So what replaced the grey gloss that we used to get from Ford? SMA (Tisco) sells it as light grey.

 

[showcrop]

So what replaced the grey gloss that we used to get from Ford? SMA (Tisco) sells it as light grey.

I had a 9000, and an 8240. The 9000, built in 1970, in keeping with Ford's transition to "world tractors" was blue and white. The 1996 8240 was blue and white. I have an old spray can that is labeled "Bianca White (94/)", which would indicate that it started with 1994, and went on. These two whites, both of which, as you say look white until you try to touch them up with white, look the same to me. To match the grill of a 10 series, we know that something that started in '94 would not be right, so that puts us back to the original white which would be the '60s to '93. The little brother to the 9000, the 8000 came out in'68 followed by the 9000 in 1970. The important things to remember, are that no tractor manufacturer has ever made paint, and that Ford ended in 1996, and that employees at CNH, though they have to be polite to you, work for a company called Fiat, who wants nothing to do with correct shades of paint for tractors sold by another company fifty years ago. The only way to get correct shades is through digital analysis of an unmolested surface.

 

[mhb@ufe]

I had a 9000, and an 8240. The 9000, built in 1970, in keeping with Ford's transition to "world tractors" was blue and white. The 1996 8240 was blue and white. I have an old spray can that is labeled "Bianca White (94/)", which would indicate that it started with 1994, and went on. These two whites, both of which, as you say look white until you try to touch them up with white, look the same to me. To match the grill of a 10 series, we know that something that started in '94 would not be right, so that puts us back to the original white which would be the '60s to '93. The little brother to the 9000, the 8000 came out in'68 followed by the 9000 in 1970. The important things to remember, are that no tractor manufacturer has ever made paint, and that Ford ended in 1996, and that employees at CNH, though they have to be polite to you, work for a company called Fiat, who wants nothing to do with correct shades of paint for tractors sold by another company fifty years ago. The only way to get correct shades is through digital analysis of an unmolested surface.

I worked for a Ford tractor dealer from 1979 to 1982 and then returned in 1985 and have been there ever since. At that time we were getting paint from ford and the fenders and wheels from 1965 to 1993 were grey gloss. I guess I will just agree to disagree with you. Have a great day.

 

[showcrop]

I worked for a Ford tractor dealer from 1979 to 1982 and then returned in 1985 and have been there ever since. At that time we were getting paint from ford and the fenders and wheels from 1965 to 1993 were grey gloss. I guess I will just agree to disagree with you. Have a great day.

I don't disagree that paint came from Ford.