In Reply to: Re: * PROUD* New 8N owner!!! posted by MischiefsMom on April 23, 2013 at 09:34:09:
Actually have done a study on different grays for the 8N.
Final conclusion was the paint supplied by your New Holland dealer, gray enamel 39/62, is the best match and is a very good quality paint, if using an oil based alkyd. The gray color has a green hue to it.
The product is available in spray or 1 quart can.
Use a catalyst hardner so the paint will cure faster, but is an option with this type of paint.
Have applied the New Holland paint from the can with a brush. The paint actually flows to an even surface and could not detect any brush marks.
Use a clear coat over the top coat, since oil based alkyd starts oxidizing as soon as it applied. Rustoleum has a product named, "crystal clear" in spray packaging.
A higher end paint is urethane. Color match the urethane to the New Holland oil based alkyd using a cured sample. A catalyst hardner is not an option with this type of paint.
New Holland recently bought out TISCO. TISCO purchased the Medium Ford gray from Van Sickle. The TISCO paint color has a slightly greater green hue than the New Holland gray enamel 39/62.
Many folks like the Rustoleum smoke gray color. Saw one 8N at the antique tractor show last week where all the sheet metal was painted with Rustoleum Smoke gray. Smoke gray has a blue hue rather than a green hue. The restored tractor sold in less than ten minutes and never got off the trailer.
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