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Maybe I'm just a little to worried about the hardener. I'm not real concerned about the finish except that it will be durable. I want to paint a 6' bush hog cutter. It's a faded red model now. Do I need to prime it after sanding and cleaning? Or should I just lay on the finish coats after prep? Should I just get the valspar Restoration stuff at TSC or get paint at JD.
Just a little worried?
With industrial enamel, you can do just about anything you want.
It really won't matter that much who's industrial enamel you use.
You should prime bare metal spots, you do not need to prime painted areas.
If your only worried about putting a basic layer of weather protection on it: Get it clean, dull the painted areas, prime the bare spots, and paint it.
If that's the case, don't even bother to spray it, you can brush, and roll it. The stuff flows out real nice, if you do it right.
With industrial enamel, you can do just about anything you want.
It really won't matter that much who's industrial enamel you use.
You should prime bare metal spots, you do not need to prime painted areas.
If your only worried about putting a basic layer of weather protection on it: Get it clean, dull the painted areas, prime the bare spots, and paint it.
If that's the case, don't even bother to spray it, you can brush, and roll it. The stuff flows out real nice, if you do it right.
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whitedogone
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I've brushed in the past and it worked well enough. I'd not sure if brushing with hardener will work well because of the extra time it would take to lay on a coat.
The hardener will not effect the time you have to apply the paint.
Heat will effect the drying . If it is hot, get it in the shade, when applying it with a brush.
Adding a little mineral spirits will slow the drying time, if necessary.
To be 100% safe, you will still need to wear a respirator, from the second you open the can of hardener.
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and thin with MS if brush painting, vs something faster like naptha for spraying.
as fast as spraying is.. I think I'd spray it.
you could hold your breath on and off a couple times for the whopping 1-2 minutes it will take to shoot a 5' mower.
I freshened my old red 5' KK with a quart of IH red I had laying around. all I did was power wash it, let it dry, take off the decals and id tags, then shot it. after it cured, I went back and masked off the deck a lil and hand painted the upright metal bars back to black like it was from the factory.
quick easy job...
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as fast as spraying is.. I think I'd spray it.
you could hold your breath on and off a couple times for the whopping 1-2 minutes it will take to shoot a 5' mower.
I freshened my old red 5' KK with a quart of IH red I had laying around. all I did was power wash it, let it dry, take off the decals and id tags, then shot it. after it cured, I went back and masked off the deck a lil and hand painted the upright metal bars back to black like it was from the factory.
quick easy job...
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Yes, that is a good trick few know.
Lacquer thinner will also speed it up.
Anytime you accelerate drying in paint, you usually sacrifice gloss.
Industrial enamel will set up pretty quickly, if you spray it out in the hot sun, and don't over apply it.
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that faster tack time can help though. Like if you are painting outside, you don't want it to stay 'wet' for 6 hours. 
every bug, spec of dust and raindrop will immediatly move in on ya..
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every bug, spec of dust and raindrop will immediatly move in on ya.. soundguy
that faster tack time can help though. Like if you are painting outside, you don't want it to stay 'wet' for 6 hours.
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That was my point.
Once you have applied all the paint, you want it to set as fast as possible.
That's where a baking booth is really nice.
I can dump the paint on top of a hood so wet, if you left it to air dry it will drip off the edges. Force dry it, and in less than an hour, be putting it on a car.
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would be nice to have a bake booth.. or heck.. a PAINT booth
closest I've come is a tarp canopy and visquene walls held up with clothespins..
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closest I've come is a tarp canopy and visquene walls held up with clothespins..
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