<font color="blue">"...If you can get the paint in an acrylic enamel it will hold up much better, although the price of the paint will be quite a bit higher. This might explain at least part of the price difference between the paint you get at the dealer versus the stuff at the local hardware store..."</font>
Exactly why I recommend sticking with the tried and true original John Deere paint that can be purchased at your local dealer or online. I was also told by someone once that the JD paint has a pigmentation much denser than look-a-like paints one can buy in the hardware store. If properly wire brushed and primed and then painted with several coats of JD paint, that carryall should hold its paint job during most climate conditions for a very, very long time without re-painting.
Do wait a few days, order that JD paint online or go to a JD dealer, and I think you'll be happier in the long run for sticking with the original. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
....Bob