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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 63 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 63 | Okay everyone I just bought the perfect test platform for cheap paint. I picked up today an old metal covered 6X8 enclosed trailer. Since I am thinking on painting my '52 "cheaply" I thought the tailer would be a good experiment. So which would you use: Van Sickle tractor paint ,with or without hardener, or Rustoleum? I will be using a paint sprayer and not the rattle cans. I will probably use the color white with black fenders which I think may not fade as fast. I am open to opinions, suggestions, and alternatives. If the paint works out good then the '52 will recieve the same treatment when I ever get it back together again. Thanks, Wayne | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 | ZB3,
I used a white tractor paint with hardener from
Central Farm and Tractor on a Isuzi Trooper winter
rat and it had a nice shine and held up longer than the body work
Dan | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | Tractor paint with hardener. Black turns out very nice. The red is hard to get coverage out of. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | White seems also to have to be primed to get good coverage - I am using BPS (Best Paint Sold (ha)) from Tractor supply. I did up a JD 830 tractor with their green and yellow and it came out nice, and just did a Gravely Commercial 10 with Cub Cadet Yellow and Gloss white. Ferguson Red on the sulky. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 110 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 110 | Van Sickle is very durable. It takes forever to dry, even here in this dry clime unless something is added to it to speed it up. Rustoleum is my choice for routine projects.
Jim
Good luck with your project!
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 222 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 222 | Hi All,
Has anyone ever tried the Raco (sp?) that you see on ebay all time? I am just interested in a real world report on it.
Rick In Va | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | I used the BPS from TSC on my horse trailer. Since I painted it black in July it dried in about 6 minutes. Looks great, too. | | |
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