Where to get JD green/yellow/black near-match paint

[sixdogs]

Sorry, but there is no substitute for JD green or yellow paint. After a few years, the subs just don't hold up.
So be fore warned, and if it really doesn't matter, then go ahead and use whatever.

Absolutely correct. Better still, Deere paint costs about the same as the cr@p paints. Don't waste your time and money at TSC on paint.

If it is a user, not a show-er and brushed on, why worry about it? Go to the hardware store, buy the cheapest quart of outdoor house paint they have and maybe a foam brush to smear it around with.

Also very correct. Brush on is a waste of time because you later have to sand it down. Wait until you can spray it on since it's actually quicker and cheaper than a brush. Have someone spray it for you if you can't. Otherwise just wipe it down with oily rags to keep the rust off.

 

[Beltzington]

Good Read -
Implement enamel vs. automotive gr... - Yesterday's Tractors

Good Prices

http://www.equipmentcolor.com/aicen.html

 

[DFB]

JD paint is good stuff (and even brushed on looks good)

 

[bigtiller]

JD paint is good stuff (and even brushed on looks good)

The repairman/inspector at the end of the assembly line dabs on paint with a brush on small spots where the paint was damaged during assembly. I watched them do it everyday on cotton pickers, sprayers, grain drills, air seeders, etc. I even had that job a few times.

 

[coloradotrout]

Lowes has cans of JD green & JD yellow by Rustoleum. Walmart has JD green & JD yellow by Krylon. I got the greens and can of Rustoleum primer. I'll report back.

 

[bigtiller]

This is a "user", not a "show-er", so I'm ok with value vs perfection.

This is for my JD 300 old lawn tractor, and my 4100 CUT and 410 FEL and misc implements.

Right now it's going to be brush on -- maybe later an Earlex 5500 HVLP.

How is the TSC Majic paint?

Did you know JD changed their color of green in 1989? The new green is a little lighter and the old green is called Classic Green. The 300 was made in the mid '70s so if you ever restore it, shop for the Classic green.

 

[coloradotrout]

Hmm.. somewhere else I read classic was 75 or 76. Yeah.. it was hear from earlier post -- http://www.equipmentcolor.com/aicen.html

Here's another reference - http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=221721

My 300 looks pretty close to my 4100 CUT, and the 300 is a 070,000 or '77. But I have not done a close compare. The paint I need now is just for a custom trailer, so either color is close 'nuf.

 

[bigtiller]

Hmm.. somewhere else I read classic was 75 or 76. Yeah.. it was hear from earlier post -- http://www.equipmentcolor.com/aicen.html

Here's another reference - http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=221721

My 300 looks pretty close to my 4100 CUT, and the 300 is a 070,000 or '77. But I have not done a close compare. The paint I need now is just for a custom trailer, so either color is close 'nuf.

well, the good thing is, you know there are 2 colors of JD green. After some searching I found the internet can't agree on a year of change over and this is where I got the '89.

http://www.greenpartstore.com/John-Deere-Classic-Green-Paint-TY25644-TY25655-TY25670.html

 

[sixdogs]

well, the good thing is, you know there are 2 colors of JD green. After some searching I found the internet can't agree on a year of change over and this is where I got the '89.

John Deere Classic Green Paint - TY25644,TY25655,TY25670

I have a couple cans of hardware store green pint that is marked John Deere/tractor green but it's not either of the Deere greens. Be careful. It's more of a cross between Deere green and Oliver green. I bought this on a sale and didn't realize it until a year later when I sprayed some parts and things didn't look right.

 

[yelbike]

I have a couple cans of hardware store green pint that is marked John Deere/tractor green but it's not either of the Deere greens. Be careful. It's more of a cross between Deere green and Oliver green. I bought this on a sale and didn't realize it until a year later when I sprayed some parts and things didn't look right.

The box blade in tremclad Deere green. It does match great but close enough. I think it might be right for trailer project.