paint done

[Lisa K]

Except the small stuff like the air cleaner..

 

[Den N Ms]

Lisa,It looks great!Even better when it all together HUH

 

[Doctor Rick]

Lisa, I admire your work and game plan. Very nice!

Can you spill the beans on paint and codes?
Best,
Rick

 

[howdy1960]

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing it together.

 

[Ed Douglas]

No...No....No....Lisa.....no Red on the Ford script on the hood....Really!!!!!....LOL....looking good Kid!!

 

[Tall T]

Lisa,

To me it is a seventh wonder of the world that you could actually part with this tractor after all that work. I have a heck of a time letting old classics vehicles go even when they are in their original old suit of clothes.

. . . not to mention how incredible it is that you are so capable
and happy to learn when it comes to all things mechanical.

Terry

 

[LisaK]

I was just thinking about that last night how im going to paint the red on the script. I don't have the most steady hands but will give it a shot! I was trying to decide if I should put hardner in the red paint when I paint it?

 

[LisaK]

I will have a hard time letting it go but am happy to know that someone will get a nice tractor to use for many years to come. Eventually we'll get one done that won't get sold. We plan to keep 3 8n's and the early 40 9n for sure and the jube and 860. We're going to take a little break from tractors after this one sells at least for 1 weekend

 

[LisaK]

We used tsc majic paint for the red. And im not overly impressed. It not as dark as I would like. We even considered buying new paint and repainting it darker red. But after looking at it mostly dry I think it will look ok. Its almost got an orangish tint to it. With the fluorescent lights its deceiving. The red is Ford Red/Safety Red. The gray is Van Sickle Dark Ford Gray. The first tractor we painted we used the same red but light ford gray and that was too light. Im much happier with this gray. The rims we used Van Sickle -Aluminum. I was happy with that. Heres a pic of the first tractor we painted with the light ford gray and the same red. Heres the rims off this one. I wasn't about to go swapping rims and tires to get them either both hat or loop so it will have 1 of each. I did buy a new steering wheel for it, its on its way here.

 

[LisaK]

Thank you. Im hoping Sunday to get the tires on and fenders. Saturday we're headed down to the cities providing we don't have any issues we should make it back late Saturday night.

 

[LisaK]

Thank you. Yes im excited to get it done. Need to paint the small stuff and rewire it. I think it will look real nice.

 

[greywolf224]

Lisa looking great.
Your husband must be in his glory having a wife who is in the garage probably more than he is.

 

[Lisa K]

Thank you! I dunno if he's in all his glory.

 

[Tall T]

Lisa,

You wrote:

[color=darkblue:2a810c2b4d] Its almost got an orangish tint to it. With the fluorescent lights its deceiving. [/color:2a810c2b4d]

What I did with my shop fluorescent tubes was to put "full spectrum" tubes by Sylvania in them. You'll get a truer representation of your colors.

T

 

[Lisa K]

Ya that might help! Its about the same color as a plastic Folger's coffee can.

 

[Royse]

Looking good Lisa!
Ford red is much more orange-ish than, say, Farmall red.
We jokingly call it Ford Orange here just for that reason.

If you paint the script with the same red, use the hardener.
It will dry much faster, shine better and not fade as easily.

Joan has painted quite a few of ours by hand, but she prefers
it if I buy the decals or use a stencil and spray them.
The decals we've bought from three different places.
None are very good. They don't fit right.

The stencils are supposed to be one time use, but I stuck them
to a sheet of thin cardboard and cut them out with an X-acto
knife so I can tape it to the hood/fender and re-use it.
I'll let you know how that works out after I use it a few times.

 

[LisaK]

Thanks Royse! I will add the hardner to the paint then. I better paint it the same color as the tractor then or It'll bother me. Ive heard the decals don't work quite right. Maybe I better practice on a different hood first!

 

[greywolf224]

(quoted from post at 08:54:06 04/16/15) Thanks Royse! I will add the hardner to the paint then. I better paint it the same color as the tractor then or It'll bother me. I've heard the decals don't work quite right. Maybe I better practice on a different hood first!

Lisa Your comment made me think and wish that I still had my battle tank of a car. 1970 Ford LTD with a 351 Cleveland Engine.

I would have loved to paint the FORD logo on those front fenders with a few flames shooting out.

My daughter free handed the embossed logo on my 8N hood. I mixed a few drops of japan drier, thinner and Rustoleum Sunrise red. Gave her an artists brush and she let her artistic abilities take over. Me I cant stick a stick-on straight let alone paint with an artist's brush.

 

[Hobo,NC]

I use CNH IHC 2150 Rouge red (bout 40 nanners fer a gal. are was)...

I use the cap off a rattle can that has 2 compartments in it. I put a "LITTLE" thinner in one and paint in the other then dip the brush is the paint and dip in the thinner . I use a good small thin long pointy end brush I find them in a hobby shop.. The brush has to retain enough paint so you can pull a long line and flex,,, You have to get the paint thin enuff so you can pull it along ways with out stopping... Practice with the mix its not hard to pull a line with good paint and brush.... Make sure the thinner is comparable to the paint on the tractor... :wink:

You will be pulling paint not brushing it on its magic...

 

[Lisa K]

I've got some good brushes from hobby lobby. Good advise thank you. I'd sure
hate to mess it up. I didn't think of adding the thinner. We do have that
also. Stay tuned. Maybe Sunday I'll get it done depending on how much coffee I
drink.

 

[Lisa K]

That would have been neat! I don't have the best artistic abilities of course neither does he.

 

[Ed Douglas]

Hey......tell you how I painted the Ford script......bought a super small roller....had its own little tray....really short nap.....loaded the roller...rolled most of it off on cardboard first.....didn't press down hard......three light coats....looked great

 

[LisaK]

(quoted from post at 20:48:07 04/16/15) Hey......tell you how I painted the Ford script......bought a super small roller....had its own little tray....really short nap.....loaded the roller...rolled most of it off on cardboard first.....didn't press down hard......three light coats....looked great

That sounds a lot easier than trying to brush it! I'll pick up some small rollers too

 

[Ed Douglas]

Let me know!..... And close ups!!

 

[Kevin in MN]

(quoted from post at 17:39:43 04/16/15)

(quoted from post at 20:48:07 04/16/15) Hey......tell you how I painted the Ford script......bought a super small roller....had its own little tray....really short nap.....loaded the roller...rolled most of it off on cardboard first.....didn't press down hard......three light coats....looked great

That sounds a lot easier than trying to brush it! I'll pick up some small rollers too

This is what I used and it worked perfect.

http://www.michaels.com/10188005.html

Kevin in MN

 

[Lisa K]

Will do!

 

[Lisa K]

Great thank you! We have a Michaels here so I'll get that one

 

[Royse]

Wasn't it Dell that said you can wrap an old T-shirt around a
2x4, coat it with paint and stamp the script with it?
I haven't tried it yet.

 

[Lisa K]

Oh boy...I dunno if I dare do that.

 

[Tall T]

With a couple of those suggested methods, roller and 2X, while they no doubt work well in some hands, they only paint the flat tops of the letters and not the side slopes.

That's probably fine but to capture the raised look and thickness of the letters, maybe the paint needs to be on the edges of the raised letters too.

I'd like to see a close up of how the factory script looked.

If it doesn't matter that the bevelled edges are not painted, then either a brush or roller job would be made easier by just painting the flats.

Just went out and looked at my PO's homemade paint job and sometimes the sloping edge has paint and sometimes not. Where the sloping edge of the letter meets the body is kind of a clearly defined line that wouldn't be hard to follow -- easier than just painting the top surface it appears.

Wear your strongest glasses.

 

[35thLE]

Looks Great!

 

[Lisa K]

Thank you!

 

[64frd4000ind]

I painted the ford script on my rear fenders, its not perfect, looks really good from a distance... but then I'm not showing or selling my tractor, its just because I was bored waiting on other paint to dry...

 

[Kevin in MN]

Lisa,
Were ever able to get a scan of the headlight kit instructions?

Kevin

 

[Lisa K]

I haven't had time yet. And I'm down by Minneapolis heading to Tractor Land
right now. I'll bring them home with me Sunday and see what I can get done
with it. I'm a busy lady so it may take me some time.