Well I brushed on the Majic this weekend. Mixed results. Being able to cut in the difficult to get to areas without spending all day masking was nice, but on the large sections the brush streaks are unacceptable. I should have waited till it warmed up outside, reduced it, and run in through the gun.
On the bright side it's all one color now and has a thick layer of green on now. I'll give it a couple weeks to fully harden and sand it all flush. The thick layer of green will be kind of nice in a way because I can sand out some of the imperfections coming through. Using the hardener definitely helped, but the OEM Valspar JD yellow I sprayed on the wheels still dried quicker.
Once I've sanded the visible areas of the cab I'll mask it off and paint with rattle cans of the Valspar JD green. The OEM JD paint comes in a valspar box from valspar so I'm going to guess that the Valspar brand from Fleet Farm is going to be just about the same stuff as long as I can find it. I think the Majic paint is good stuff, I just didn't apply it right and it's taking a long time to dry in the cold.
No pictures of the paint because I am so unhappy with the application of it.
While the paint was drying I pulled the roll bar and right fender off to replace the hydraulic lines. No problems, dealer lines were a perfect fit-just expensive.
The last major issue I need to deal with is my missing right side rear three point arm/links. I'm missing the right side draft link, adjustable lift link, and stabilizer. That's $666.93+s&h in dealer parts and I've struck completely out finding used ones. All the generic arms I find don't have holes in the right places and seem somewhat flimsy. I'm debating buying the complete $200 kit from weavers with the arms that match the closest, or make my own draft link and stabilizer, and buy a TSC adjustable link.
Right now I'm leaning toward building my own arm using some 3/4" x 2-3/8" bar stock and welding repair ends on.
