I've read many people liking the ease of painting and the durability of Tractor paint and I've used John Deere brand on the interior of a car before and it was extremely easy to use and durable.
I've been down for several weeks now with a torn or tearing achilles tendon so I can't get up or do much until the doctor cn convince the insurance company that I need surgery. So since the rains have finally stopped I decided to redo a 16' trailer I had with rotting floorboards. I can do that in short segments without it being much work, right?
Of course once I cut the old wood out and saw all the rust I thought I'd blast & sand the steel and while I'm there and it's easy to get to stuff I might as well change out the lights for LEDs. And since I'm priming and painting the under steel I might as well repaint the whole trailer and make it look new. Sound familiar?
I went to Tractor Supply to pick up Tractor paint and found they've changed brands.
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I went ahead & got it thinking that at least I'd find out if this brand was any good.
After I'd used this to get rid of most of the rust and to give it a phosphated finish
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I reached for my electric HVLP paint sprayer and of course found that the last time my wife used it she only half cleaned it and it was going to take a complete dismantling and a couple of hours of time to get it working.
Hmmm, it's supposed to rain here off & on for the next 4 days so I can't really leave the steel unprotected so I pulled out a brush and thought I'd just the unprotected stuff and since it would mostly be underneath the new floor it wouldn't really matter if it was less than pretty.
Also it was 90 degrees and of course the trailer was not in the shade so I knew this would dry too quickly and probably wouldn't lay down.
Boy was I surprised! It leveled off pretty dern well for the conditions and is drying quit pretty so if any of you are looking for a paint for the chassis or interior this is inexpensive ($26 a gallon), should be very durable since tractor paint is almost indestructible, and will give you a good looking finish.
I saved the rest of the painting till the rain is gone again and I have the sprayer working but I did have to paint one of the uprights just to see how it would look.
As for me, I'm making the best of a bad situation.
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The fresh strawberry shortcake is being prepared as I sit here.