Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Never did a Jeep, but I've used X-Rust equipment paint on an old Scout and
a couple of pickups with pretty good results - the paint held up well in
its' primary role of protecting the metal but I was never one who worried
about pretty shines. The bright red I used on the Scout is still about
the same color as when I put it on in 1974 - an old rancher out east of
town still runs it around the place - if you wipe the dirt/mud off. I also
tend to use neutral colors (like white) which are basically immune to
fade. They all held up well under the Colorado sun. Never win a show
prize, but that $20 a gallon paint was worth the effort for me. Took some
experimenting to get it thinned right for my setup.

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:10:08 -0500, Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:

> More on cheap paint jobs...
>
> The discussion about roller painting got me curious about other
> alternatives.
>
> Anyone ever painted a Jeep with tractor paint?
>
> http://www.agri-supply.com/HTML/3000021.htm
>
> Most of this stuff seems to be made by Majic paint.
>
> http://majicpaints.com/products/deta...%2D0951+Series
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>
>
> Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
>> We have been having a lively discussion over on the Studebaker newsgroup
>> about a really cheap method of painting a car someone has come up with.
>>
>>
>> http://tinylink.eu/Z0HHF
>>
>> (if that link doesn't work go to Google Groups and then
>> alt.autos.Studebaker and look for the "Roller Paint your Studebaker" thread
>>
>> It involves using a product called "Tremclad", apparently a Canadian
>> version of Rustolioum, you thin it until it's a big thicker than water,
>> and then BRUSH it on the car (truck, Jeep) with a foam brush and 4" foam
>> rollers.
>>
>> http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1
>>
>>
>> The idea is you give it two coats, wet sand the car, give it a couple
>> more coats, and repeat. Finally give the car a really good polishing
>> and a coat of wax.
>>
>> Obviously you don't want to do this on a show car but to make one look
>> presentable it might be worth a shot.
>>
>> Jeff DeWitt



--
Will Honea <whonea@yahoo.com>

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
> More on cheap paint jobs...
>
> The discussion about roller painting got me curious about other
> alternatives.
>
> Anyone ever painted a Jeep with tractor paint?
>
> http://www.agri-supply.com/HTML/3000021.htm
>
> Most of this stuff seems to be made by Majic paint.
>
> http://majicpaints.com/products/deta...%2D0951+Series
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>

back in 1991, I had an old Chevrolet C-10 truck repainted, I had the guy
paint it John Deere green, white wheels and bumpers.

I never lost it in a crowded parking lot

industrial paint stands up pretty good, also.... sold the truck in 1993, and
saw it last time in 2001, paint was still looking good.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
> More on cheap paint jobs...
>
> The discussion about roller painting got me curious about other
> alternatives.
>
> Anyone ever painted a Jeep with tractor paint?
>
> http://www.agri-supply.com/HTML/3000021.htm
>
> Most of this stuff seems to be made by Majic paint.
>
> http://majicpaints.com/products/deta...%2D0951+Series
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>

back in 1991, I had an old Chevrolet C-10 truck repainted, I had the guy
paint it John Deere green, white wheels and bumpers.

I never lost it in a crowded parking lot

industrial paint stands up pretty good, also.... sold the truck in 1993, and
saw it last time in 2001, paint was still looking good.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
> More on cheap paint jobs...
>
> The discussion about roller painting got me curious about other
> alternatives.
>
> Anyone ever painted a Jeep with tractor paint?
>
> http://www.agri-supply.com/HTML/3000021.htm
>
> Most of this stuff seems to be made by Majic paint.
>
> http://majicpaints.com/products/deta...%2D0951+Series
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>

back in 1991, I had an old Chevrolet C-10 truck repainted, I had the guy
paint it John Deere green, white wheels and bumpers.

I never lost it in a crowded parking lot

industrial paint stands up pretty good, also.... sold the truck in 1993, and
saw it last time in 2001, paint was still looking good.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
> More on cheap paint jobs...
>
> The discussion about roller painting got me curious about other
> alternatives.
>
> Anyone ever painted a Jeep with tractor paint?
>
> http://www.agri-supply.com/HTML/3000021.htm
>
> Most of this stuff seems to be made by Majic paint.
>
> http://majicpaints.com/products/deta...%2D0951+Series
>
> Jeff DeWitt
>

back in 1991, I had an old Chevrolet C-10 truck repainted, I had the guy
paint it John Deere green, white wheels and bumpers.

I never lost it in a crowded parking lot

industrial paint stands up pretty good, also.... sold the truck in 1993, and
saw it last time in 2001, paint was still looking good.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Kate proclaimed:

> Didja ever see a tractor that shined at all?

Yes, quite a few actually.

> Tractors are notorious for faded paint.

I would agree with mud and miscellaneous animaly byproduct, but never
really saw faded paint much.

Perhaps a regional thing. The farmer/ranchers I grew up in the middle
of might be driving a clapped out rustbucket of a car, but never a faded
or poorly maintained working vehicle like a tractor.
>
> Personally I think that anyone who would paint ANY vehicle with a paint
> brush or a roller- deserves what they get.

.... a cheap paint job?
>
> Sometimes they use a roller to repaint an old jeep top, that's a whole
> nother ball of wax though. In that case you would want the orange peel
> effect.

Rollers don't cause as much orange peel as poor prep and bad paint mix.
For real textured effects you go with a texturizing brush, thicker paint
that may or may not have appropriately shaped mechanical filler in it.
e.g. sandy paint literally thrown on with a stucco type brush for camo.


I'm surprised nobody has suggested painting the thing with water bearing
polymer and planting grass on it yet. Some guy in Torrance CA had an
old sedan that had to be mowed periodically.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Kate proclaimed:

> Didja ever see a tractor that shined at all?

Yes, quite a few actually.

> Tractors are notorious for faded paint.

I would agree with mud and miscellaneous animaly byproduct, but never
really saw faded paint much.

Perhaps a regional thing. The farmer/ranchers I grew up in the middle
of might be driving a clapped out rustbucket of a car, but never a faded
or poorly maintained working vehicle like a tractor.
>
> Personally I think that anyone who would paint ANY vehicle with a paint
> brush or a roller- deserves what they get.

.... a cheap paint job?
>
> Sometimes they use a roller to repaint an old jeep top, that's a whole
> nother ball of wax though. In that case you would want the orange peel
> effect.

Rollers don't cause as much orange peel as poor prep and bad paint mix.
For real textured effects you go with a texturizing brush, thicker paint
that may or may not have appropriately shaped mechanical filler in it.
e.g. sandy paint literally thrown on with a stucco type brush for camo.


I'm surprised nobody has suggested painting the thing with water bearing
polymer and planting grass on it yet. Some guy in Torrance CA had an
old sedan that had to be mowed periodically.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Kate proclaimed:

> Didja ever see a tractor that shined at all?

Yes, quite a few actually.

> Tractors are notorious for faded paint.

I would agree with mud and miscellaneous animaly byproduct, but never
really saw faded paint much.

Perhaps a regional thing. The farmer/ranchers I grew up in the middle
of might be driving a clapped out rustbucket of a car, but never a faded
or poorly maintained working vehicle like a tractor.
>
> Personally I think that anyone who would paint ANY vehicle with a paint
> brush or a roller- deserves what they get.

.... a cheap paint job?
>
> Sometimes they use a roller to repaint an old jeep top, that's a whole
> nother ball of wax though. In that case you would want the orange peel
> effect.

Rollers don't cause as much orange peel as poor prep and bad paint mix.
For real textured effects you go with a texturizing brush, thicker paint
that may or may not have appropriately shaped mechanical filler in it.
e.g. sandy paint literally thrown on with a stucco type brush for camo.


I'm surprised nobody has suggested painting the thing with water bearing
polymer and planting grass on it yet. Some guy in Torrance CA had an
old sedan that had to be mowed periodically.

Re: Cheap paint jobs
 

Kate proclaimed:

> Didja ever see a tractor that shined at all?

Yes, quite a few actually.

> Tractors are notorious for faded paint.

I would agree with mud and miscellaneous animaly byproduct, but never
really saw faded paint much.

Perhaps a regional thing. The farmer/ranchers I grew up in the middle
of might be driving a clapped out rustbucket of a car, but never a faded
or poorly maintained working vehicle like a tractor.
>
> Personally I think that anyone who would paint ANY vehicle with a paint
> brush or a roller- deserves what they get.

.... a cheap paint job?
>
> Sometimes they use a roller to repaint an old jeep top, that's a whole
> nother ball of wax though. In that case you would want the orange peel
> effect.

Rollers don't cause as much orange peel as poor prep and bad paint mix.
For real textured effects you go with a texturizing brush, thicker paint
that may or may not have appropriately shaped mechanical filler in it.
e.g. sandy paint literally thrown on with a stucco type brush for camo.


I'm surprised nobody has suggested painting the thing with water bearing
polymer and planting grass on it yet. Some guy in Torrance CA had an
old sedan that had to be mowed periodically.