The only Valspar "Cub Cadet Yellow" I have seen is the orange-yellow MTD started using in 1990 on the cyclops and 2000 series tractors, and is not the same color as the correct shade of yellow for IH-built and MTD-built Cub Cadets through 1989.
I have used several colors of Valspar spray paint, and none of them hold up particularly well. They take about 6 months to dry reasonably hard and get chalky after as little as a year. The white also stains easily. I painted a deck a few years ago, and I used rattle cans on the belt guard (took two cans and I still had horrible coverage...what a waste...) and the rest I painted with Valspar IH white with a gun, and no hardener. I probably waited 2 months before mowing with it, and the cover has green grass and purple berry stains on it that seem to be permanent. I'm tempted to "accidentally" spill some gas on it and see if it has developed any gas resistance after having 2+ years to dry. I've used the IH red on a couple pieces of my 782 that I added or replaced; the paint I applied 2 years ago over new steel is already chalky with almost no sun exposure. Rubbing compound and wax helped, but that shouldn't be necessary on such fresh paint. I also painted the grille casting with the same paint about a year ago, and that's also started to dull a bit. I'll have to keep waxing it every 6 months so it doesn't look like a bottle of Pepto in 10 years.
It's your tractor to do what you want with, but if you only want to do it once and you want it to last a long time, do it with decent paint and a spray gun. You might actually save money...I have repainted one tractor, and it took almost two quarts of yellow. That is a LOT of spray cans worth...
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