My hood :)
 

Maybe I've been trying to do too much at once on my 127, but I thought I'd share my hood project. I've never done any serious painting so this was my first attempt. I went the whole nine yards.... used aircraft stripper, filler, several coats of primer and wet sand in-between.... I gotta admit I'm proud of how it turned out. Now, I gotta get the rest of the tractor....

Beautiful job!! If you don't mind me asking, what was your process for paint application?

Cant wait to see the rest of the tractor when its done!

Jeff (teet)

that turned out great, keep us posted with all your new pics.:American Flag 1:

Paint looks awesome. Nice job! :beerchug:

Jeff,

I went cheap on the spray gun, I really didn't know what to get or buy so I went with a cheaper Kobalt gravity feed from Lowe's($35). Since I've never did any painting before outside of spray cans I didn't want to spend $100+ on a gun.

It took me a few times (more than a few) practicing and reading articles on how not to get runs in the paint (how to overlap, how to adjust the nozzle...). I've got 4 light coats of primer on, which I didn't know that I needed thinned out, so I clogged up my gun at first....

After each coat of primer I went up in grit of sand paper, starting at 180 then up to 600 on the last. Each time was wet sanded. I've got 2 coats of finish on, with the hardener.

As far as paint goes, here's a pic of what I used. My best friend from HS has a Fisher Auto-parts store so he hooked me up on the paint.

Another thing I learned is to definitely make up a semi-permanent or some type of a paint booth. I had to do this over at my parents garage, I have no room whatsoever in mine. At first I tried spraying outside on a "calm" day, that didn't work...

The decals I got from CC, I didn't know they even carried them still, but they do. Rob Houtz informed me of that.

http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0...=1217741022000

Thanks for the great info Gary,

I've been planning to tear down my 73, and 127 eventually, and I've been gathering supplies as funds allow. I have not done a "non-rattle can" paint job before, so I'm happy to see your excellent results.

I'm guessing your friend mixed up some paint to match the oem colors in the cans?

Keep us posted on your progress!

Jeff (teet)

Awesome job, Gary! Your hood looks great. :ThumbsUp:

Smooth job Gary. I can't wait to see the rest of the tractor. It sounds like yu have learned a lot.....experience really is the best teacher!! You can paint for me any day!!!

Cub Cadet 123

Jeff,

He did... I took the color codes from here and had it mixed by that. They are a PPG shop and they actually had the paint chip cards with the correct colors too. They had paint chips for every piece of AG/Industry equip brand imaginable. I can't give you a cost on the paint since it was *cough* free *cough*. But the hardener and reducer was about $40. The primer, which I don't have a pic of was about $20 for a qt. and a gallon of thinner was about $20. The aircraft stripper was $30..... so I've got a little over $100 in those, not counting the paint.

I used about 1/2 qt. of the primer between the hood and dash. So it'll probably take close to a gallon to paint the tractor, someone who actually knows how to paint could tell better. I used very little of the white, so I'll have enough of it to paint the wheels, weights, dog house.... I don't know if 1 qt. will paint the tractor or not.

I had been wondering about doing a clear coat on it, but since I've put the decals on, I don't know if I can do it now or not. I want this thing to be a worker, but to look good too. :)

You did great Gary!

Looks great! Now where's the rest of it????? :biggrin2.gif:

well.....

if you've saw any of my recent posts you'd you it's scattered around my garage in a few pieces. :)

I promise one day I'm going to know enough that I'll be able to contribute to the forum instead of just bug the crap out of everyone! :biggrin2.gif:

I know, was just in a mood that just had to rib ya a bit..



[/QUOTE]I promise one day I'm going to know enough that I'll be able to contribute to the forum instead of just bug the crap out of everyone! :biggrin2.gif:[/QUOTE]

The only way to know, is to ask, ask and ask. That is what a forum is for. Dig around and start browsing every manual you can also :beerchug:

Awesome job!!!!!!

Hood
 

Wow! that came out nice...I looked at that paint gun at Lowes also and it looked like good qaulity.Were the decals from CC the old original metal type or the vinyl ones.You did an excellent job on all of it.

The decals are very high quality vinyl, really thick. The dash decal has some type of aluminum foil type mixed in with the vinyl, but it's not tin like the original.

The decals are a lot different than I thought they would be. On my 'O' when I got the decals they were the water based, press on and peel back. These are just a big peel and stick, I guess like car pin stripes...

JayBrd - the problem with me looking at all the manuals is that I start wanting all of them too. Once I started reading in a manual and discovered disk brakes... well, now I got a 127. :)

We all learn from each other. Sounds to me that by sharing your painting skills you are CONTRIBUTING TO THE FORUM keep up the good work looking forward to seeing more pictures

Just getting into it, sooooooooooooooo don't know..........?

Why several coats of primer?

What is the advantage?

Nik

nikster,

I can't honestly tell you why, I was just told "to do it". :) My thought on it is, with several thing coats sanding between each one, you get an overall smoother finish for the top coat to get applied to.

It's like if you just spray one coat of primer, don't sand it, then spray your top coat you'll see all kinds of divots, rough spots, pinholes, air bubbles, whatever.

I've got a buddy who's a big muscle car buff/restorer and he's the one who insisted I do that. I kept telling him I just wanted something that looked decent, not a trailer queen. I'm glad I listened...

Now someone who knows what they are talking about can tell you why..

Here's a link that I read during the process. http://www.maddyhome.com/canardpages...kimcoating.htm

nice
 

looks great, i am sending you mine ha ha

as fretful as I got doing mine, then worrying about screwing up the decals and having to buy another set.... :)

I watch Chip Foose, the guys on OCC and everyone else, sheesh....

gcbaily;

I understand the multiple coats of primer or the concept behind it, since I want my # 109 to look better than it is but not a show thing. I guess since my hood, nose is almost all primer anyway I'll go a bit further & wet sand it once or twice? Upon further inspection I can see that on the finish coat that there will be some of those flaws mentioned that will show up. So since the hood/nose will be a focal point of the machine I'll spiff it up a bit.

My intent of buying this machine was not to have a end result to be of show quality, just to look better than the condition when I bought it. Have fun in taking it apart, keeps me busy & it's fun.

Also my wife thinks it looks a-bit rough. Gotta keep'em happy ya know.:bash2:

Thanks,

Nik.

Nik

I know what you're saying... This thing looked pretty good when I got it. Papaglide had re-painted it. I just wanted to have something that I could claimed for myself.

I don't guess I mentioned it, but at first I just took a razor blade and scraped some paint off. I couldn't believe how easy that was. That took it down to the primer, but then I got the aircraft stripper, and that is the stuff to use. Paste it on, wait about 15 minutes, then spray it off.

I think my wife has even became a little surprised and she has taken more interest now. :) Like I've said before, I'm looking for the "old school" factor. There are some guys around here who's daily drivers are restored old Galaxies, F-100s, Corvair. It's just something really cool. I do plan on using this thing, and using it a lot. Eventually I want to get a 3 point, brinly adapter, and snow blade too.