Wheel Horse Paint

[LuckyJohn 0]

Where to get it, and what should I use? I am going to fix up a 312 for my dad to use at his house, I am not making this a show piece but something he can use to till the garden and roll the yard with. I am going to have the metal sand blasted and I will shoot primer on it, but were is the best place to get the paint and do I just ask for Wheel Horse red?

[mowerman1193 40]

If I was just building a work tractor I would probably just go to TSC store and buy the restoration series paint in the international red which is almost an identical match..But on a show tractor I use automotive paint Dupont base coat clear.

Kevin

[LuckyJohn 0]

Thanks, I will get some picked up this week, well maybe I will wait until I get the metal back from the sand blaster then I will pick up the paint.

[AMC RULES 37,144]

Available at Tractor Supply, closest match I've found. :thumbs:

[HankB 16]

http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/index.php?showtopic=15846 :thumbs:

[Forest Road 594]

Do you need to sand blast it? I just finished my 312-8. I used a paint stripper and was done in minutes. Some sanding on the rust and good enough for a worker.

[HankB 16]

I used a paint stripper and was done in minutes.

What kind of paint stripper?

thanks,

hank

[Forest Road 594]

I used a paint stripper and was done in minutes.

What kind of paint stripper?

thanks,

hank

Zinnser power stripper. Or any off the shelf stripper @ your local hardware store. Let stand 10 minutes and strip. Had to reapply a couple times but I was done in record time! It was too easy!!!!!

I also tried an organic stripper. Let stand for 24 hours and then try. Don't know about anyone else here but who has time for that?

And I used Rustoleum Tractor IH RED rattle cans. Looks good from here.

[tbbahner 27]

I have found that Super Strip by Savogran works better than most of the hardware store stuff I tried. Most of them work about as well as me taking a leak on the metal.

Paint is a matter of preference. I've used IH red from Valspar and Van Sickle from TSC and Orschlien but will be going to New Holland red. Another member - Bowtie Guy, led me to it, doesn't look quite as orange.

Just my opinion. Have fun with it and use what you want.

Tom B

[bowtieguy 334]

Yup, I like NH Red......Tom, so that means you peeeeed on my 704? :thumbs:

[tbbahner 27]

Nah Frank, only the best for you, had my dog peee on it! :thumbs:

[546cowboy 301]

I get the aircraft stripper from AutoZone and it's about $30 a gallon but it does a great job at getting the paint off. That's cheaper than buying sandpaper and spending hours and hours trying to get the paint smooth enough.

I use the Van Sickle Case/IH red with the hardener and a spray gun and it shines really nice. I believe the last Van Sickle I bought was about $12 a quart or $25 a gallon and the hardener is about $25 for the larger can.

I haven't tried that Valspar restoration paint. As long as I get the results I want from the Van Sickle I won't be changing either.

I have used some of that Valspar and if you don't use the hardener it never seems to dry. When I first started painting tractors for a friend of mine ( farm tractors ) I used the Valspar from TSC but it always faded pretty bad within a year or so. As I recall though at that time they didn't sell that restoration paint.

Just some observations from my own experience.