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Originally Posted by Matt G.
Using a gun and decent paint will be more expensive, but will give you a much better and more durable finish. Cleaning the gun is not an issue...the amount of time it takes compared to the prep work required to have a nice paint job is minimal. Painting is about 50% prep work, 35% paint/applicator quality, and 15% skill. Regardless of whether you use spray cans or $100/quart top-of-the-line auto paint, if the prep work is not done well, the end result will be horrible.
Spray cans are quick like you say, but have minimal resistance to UV damage and gas/oil resistance. Paint sprayed with a gun and hardener is more durable and dries harder, and will also be shinier if you use the high-gloss hardener. It would also take many spray cans to apply a decent amount of paint. I painted a 100 a couple years ago, and it took 1.5 quarts of yellow because yellow covers pretty bad. I don't want to know how many spray cans that would have been. A tractor with fenders would have taken even more paint.
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Natt, I am with Matt G. on this one. Prep work is the key to a great paint job. The 1250 puller I am currently building already has at least 100 buck in primer and paint using spray cans.