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Old 08-16-2012, 10:00 AM
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Default How much paint do I need for a 1650

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Will a pint of white and yellow do a full-repaint on the 1650 or do I need a quart of each?


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Old 08-16-2012, 10:26 AM
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Do you intend to take the whole frame apart or do it like some guys do and just paint everything assembled? I am in the process of doing a 148 and EVERYTHING was taken apart and sandblasted. (A new thread will be started soon). It took 1.5 qts. of yellow to do the frame and fenders. Over 1 qt. for the white if you do all at the same time plus several cans of spray paint. I used Case IH yellow and CC white w/ reducer and hardener.
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Old 08-16-2012, 02:32 PM
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Quart of each minimum. I used about 95% of a qt for the orange on my Sears Suburban including the frame, fenders (less surface than Cub fenders), suspension and engine. I did rattle can the transaxle. I really should have sprayed the rest of the qt on the fenders and wound up with an empty can.
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Old 08-16-2012, 03:53 PM
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I'm going to vote for at least a quart of white, and two of yellow.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:06 PM
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The finish you are expecting also dictates how much paint you will use.

This is not just 2 coats of paint.



Luckily the "run" will be under the fenders!!

I would rather have some orange peel than thin paint.
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Old 08-16-2012, 04:12 PM
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ok...If I might ask??? Where do people buy paint? I rebuilt a Cub a few years ago and I think the NY dealer hit me for $55/qt.
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Old 08-16-2012, 05:16 PM
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I used case IH yellow and it was 17.00 plus tax. The white is about the same. I already had the reducer and hardner that were napa brand products. They recommend not mixing the brands together, but they worked for me. The reducer is a little less than the hardner and it was 45.00 a quart. You might want to get a gallon of reducer so you have enough to clean the gun.
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Old 08-16-2012, 05:28 PM
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$100 for the machine, $200 to paint it!
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Old 08-16-2012, 06:50 PM
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reading the above and looking around the web, seems I was taken for a big ride on my NY paint purchases (like every other thing I bought from them but choices are slim in an area where people wouldn't know a lawn mower from a butter knife). I don't live there anymore. that Cub paint is amazing stuff!

hate to admit that I have one of those green things in my driveway awaiting re-assembly (2020 that might run, might not) so the paint post has taught me a lot.
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Old 08-16-2012, 09:35 PM
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Do not clean your spray gun out with reducer, it's wasted $$$. Use cheap lacquer thinner.
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