So do you need a special paint to airbrush or just normal auto or tractor paint?
Another update lost some gloss on the color decided to go ahead and clear everything -started with the side panel on the first coat of clear everything looked great, but after waiting for the clear to (flash) the clear bit into the color coat and it started to separate. At this point I can't recommend clearing the color coat of this paint, it's very probable that had this been painted in the summer and more curing time allowed / no problem would have resulted anyway more sanding and repair to get back to where I just was just yesterday, -:confused2: I think this thread is named rightThanks everyone, No there's no hardener in the paint, it's just car quest tractor Alkyd enamel thinned with about 1 oz. of naptha, and today it's still shiny but it's not fully cured, 45 degrees in the garage this morning so I'll give it another day. I'm concerned about the ultimate hardness and abrasion resistance, the guys said a lot of painters use the equipment paint and then shoot it with a catalyzed urethane clear, which I have used before and still have enough to shoot it with, also thought I might pull the masking off the decals and seal them in at the same time..
Well this was actually catalyzed urethane over enamel .it depends on the paints you used ...
enamel (with reducer) can go over lacquer ... but not the other way , the thinner in lacquer will dissolve the enamel (unless baked on)
your clear coat will probably do the same to any enamel (found in most spray bombs). you can use water based clears if you want to ...
car enamel ( without hardener) normally takes over 30 days to fully cure by itself ... it skins within the hour, then the VOC's slowly escape thru the hardening surface skin. the thicker the surface becomes, the longer it takes to fully dry.
UPDATE TIME: IT'S BLUE.... (Equipment enamel FORD BLUE) figured this is pretty close to one of the 2 colors that was on it, and my 3000 could use some touch up to, so here we go-View attachment 308013 and if this gloss dies down (never used this type of paint before) in the next 24 hours I'm going to clear it with some catalyzed urethane... now to clean up this messy garage!!
The Rhino is finally back together, <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=308899"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=308900"/>