Magic brand enamel - is there anything better?

[zippy1]

Originally Posted by tbone

ccguy, thanks for your response. Since I have used the Rust-Oleum primer do I really have to use Rust-Oleum paint. Is it acceptable to use another brand of enamel, even an automotive acrylic enamel, over the Rust-Oleum primer?

No you don't.
I've used the RustOleum primer and used the IH paint with good results.

[tbone]

Thanks Zippy1. The primary reason I was thinking about using the Rust-Oleum paint is I have read that I should stick with the same brand paint as the primer. (I learned this after I had sprayed the primer on all my parts.) I have some Sherwin-Williams automotive acrylic enamel a friend provided me sixteen years ago. I opened it for the first time this week and it still looks good. The yellow and white are a very good match to the 483 yellow and 902 white on a 124 parts tractor. It requires a reducer and harder. The only problem with this paint for me is I only have one quart and SW no longer makes it. I have never spray painted anything so I am concerned that one quart of the yellow is not going to be enough to paint my Cub 125. This paint issue stopped my progress on my Cub project 16 years ago. So after getting into several other hobbies over the last 16 years I am back to putting my Cub together and the painting is still a problem for me.

[yourshoesareuntied]

does the HF soda blaster work well for paint prep?

[tbone]

I have not used a Harbor Freight soda blaster; however, I did use a HF sand blaster for a few of my parts. It really didn't work very well. Fortunately, I found a fellow that repairs off-shore drilling equipment that sand blasted my decks and larger parts. He did it for venison sausage. I have another friend that has a glass bead blaster that I used for all my smaller parts. Now I need a friend to paint all my parts but so far it looks like I am going to have to suck it up and learn how to paint with my HF gravity feed spray gun.