International Red vs Regal Red

[sqrlgtr 552]

Does anyone know if these two are the same shade of red? They look the same wet but was wondering if they still did after curing? Ran out of Regal Red but know I can find the International red local...... I'm pretty sure I bought the last two cans of Regal Red that wally world had... 

[ebinmaine 67,404]

I can't answer the question about comparing IHC to Regal but just as a point of information, we've pretty much stopped buying paint at physical stores. HD, lowe's, W Mart. All sell online at the same price and will deliver to your door whether the stores locally have it in stock or not.

 

I do still use one of my local hardware stores if I only need a can or two but doing a tractor restoration takes a dozen or more.

[sqrlgtr 552]

8 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

I can't answer the question about comparing IHC to Regal but just as a point of information, we've pretty much stopped buying paint at physical stores. HD, lowe's, W Mart. All sell online at the same price and will deliver to your door whether the stores locally have it in stock or not.

 

I do still use one of my local hardware stores if I only need a can or two but doing a tractor restoration takes a dozen or more.

Yeah that's usually what I do but was caught with my britches down lol. I just need a couple cans to finish.

[oliver2-44 9,726]

Sounds like you have some test patches drying.  Speed up the drying with a heat gun or hair dryer, you will have your answer in 5-10 minutes.

Edited July 15 by oliver2-44

[rjg854 11,357]

Lowe's usually has it in stock.

[WHX?? 48,813]

I would switch horses in mid stream and not worry about it abit. Maybe a trailer queen i would try and stay with the same paint. However a 701 I just finished I did the frame' tranny and small parts in regal rattle but the sheet metal got Van Sickle in IH red out of a gun. Only difference is the amount of gloss to my eyeball. Even the lightest layer of dust no way can you tell. 

[sqrlgtr 552]

1 hour ago, oliver2-44 said:

Sounds live you have some test patches drying.  Speed up the drying with a heat gun or hair dryer, you will have your answer in 5-10 minutes.

sprayed a bent lawn mower blade on each end and left out in the sun, so will look at it this afternoon..

 

27 minutes ago, rjg854 said:

Lowe's usually has it in stock.

That may be where I have to go but thats a 2hr roiund trip if I dont lotter much at store...

 

19 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

I would switch horses in mid stream and not worry about it abit. Maybe a trailer queen i would try and stay with the same paint. However a 701 I just finished I did the frame' tranny and small parts in regal rattle but the sheet metal got Van Sickle in IH red out of a gun. Only difference is the amount of gloss to my eyeball. Even the lightest layer of dust no way can you tell. 

This is the way I'm leaning. I can get the Int. red at the local TSC and so far to my eye it looks the same as the regal red.

So far looks good, perfect no, but haven't spent a whole lot of time on it... By the time the nephews and nieces get it dirty a time or too it will match everything else I got lol....

[squonk 41,058]

My Suburban hood was painted with INT. Red. Heat shields painted with Regal Red.

 

 

 

Edited July 16 by squonk

[WHX?? 48,813]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

Heat shields

What's with the duals Squonky??? 

[clueless 2,986]

1 hour ago, squonk said:

My Suburban hood was painted with INT. Red. Heat shields painted with Regal Red.

 

 

 

I like the double heat shields, is the heat difference in the two much?

[squonk 41,058]

A LOT LESS HEAT my white hairy legs. Hence the air gap. The use air gap heat shields on all sorts of applications. 

[Handy Don 12,209]

4 hours ago, squonk said:

My Suburban hood was painted with INT. Red. Heat shields painted with Regal Red.

Yeah, side by side and close up you can see the difference, but from any distance? 

I think the double shield is a great idea, kudos to you. I nearly ruined a vacation once by burning the inside of my leg on the muffler shield of a rented moped. NOT a fun event.

[ebinmaine 67,404]

2 hours ago, clueless said:

I like the double heat shields, is the heat difference in the two much?

 

Just to give you an idea how much difference that makes.

In the world of wood stove installation, if you install a non-shielded older stove you have to be 36 inches minimum from combustible materials. 

If you correctly install a shield like sheet metal you can be 12 inches from combustible materials. 

 

 

[Handy Don 12,209]

11 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Just to give you an idea how much difference that makes.

In the world of wood stove installation, if you install a non-shielded older stove you have to be 36 inches minimum from combustible materials. 

If you correctly install a shield like sheet metal you can be 12 inches from combustible materials. 

Did this with our wood stove install and covered the metal with ceramic tile for good looks. Using heat probe to measure temps showed no place against the inner wall at temp greater than 120º after hours of running the stove and having the infrared tile surface measure at hottest spot showing ~250º. Having the measurements to support the theory let my validly concerned spouse accept it was safe and relax. The space between the shield and the wall has air constantly flowing due to convection--maintenance involves annual vacuuming to remove dust and cobwebs!.

Edited July 16 by Handy Don

[sqrlgtr 552]

5 hours ago, squonk said:

A LOT LESS HEAT my white hairy legs. Hence the air gap. The use air gap heat shields on all sorts of applications. 

 When i was a youngster I used to plow tobacco and mow quite a bit with the little 550 I still own, learned real quick you better not wear short sleeved britches with said tractor, and it had the original heat shield still in place. 

[clueless 2,986]

6 hours ago, squonk said:

A LOT LESS HEAT my white hairy legs. Hence the air gap. The use air gap heat shields on all sorts of applications. 

Now you just need to come up with a heat shield on the burb to help with the jewels on that ball burner.

[sqrlgtr 552]

Just to follow up my test results mirrored squonks' picture with the int red a little lighter or maybe not as red if that makes any sense lol.

 

On 7/16/2024 at 7:49 AM, squonk said:

My Suburban hood was painted with INT. Red. Heat shields painted with Regal Red.

 

 

 

 

[Handy Don 12,209]

I will point out that my favorite red is what some of the recent Mazdas are wearing. Deep and vibrant. It’s called “Soul Red Crystal”. Multiple base and clear coats.

[ebinmaine 67,404]

38 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

I will point out that my favorite red is what some of the recent Mazdas are wearing. Deep and vibrant. It’s called “Soul Red Crystal”. Multiple base and clear coats.

 

The BBT and I were babbling about that as well!

[pfrederi 17,701]

These are tractors ..tools ... For tools red is red

Edited July 17 by pfrederi

[Handy Don 12,209]

Just now, pfrederi said:

These are tractors ... For tools red is red

Agreed. It’s the color I like, but not with the idea that it should be on a worker tractor!

I cannot imagine the effort and expense to get a paint job like that on a tractor only to have it worked the way I work mine and get dinged and scratched.

[pfrederi 17,701]

3 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Agreed. It’s the color I like, but not with the idea that it should be on a worker tractor!

I cannot imagine the effort and expense to get a paint job like that on a tractor only to have it worked the way I work mine and get dinged and scratched.

 

All my Horses have a task..They get dirty scratched etc.  Any red is better than rust brown

[ebinmaine 67,404]

18 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Agreed. It’s the color I like, but not with the idea that it should be on a worker tractor!

I cannot imagine the effort and expense to get a paint job like that on a tractor only to have it worked the way I work mine and get dinged and scratched.

 

 

As Trina says, I know where to buy more paint.

 

 

[pfrederi 17,701]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

As Trina says, I know where to buy more paint.

 

 

 

I do not have a separate paint department, it is I...and I do not like painting so repaint is out of the question...

[ebinmaine 67,404]

2 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

 

I do not have a separate paint department, it is I...and I do not like painting so repaint is out of the question...

 

Absolutely agreed.