murphy1244
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Buy it from the factory, most times the paint is a custom mix.
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Buy it from the factory, most times the paint is a custom mix.
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Because the factories generally use a specialized coating or paint that meets VOC regulations........this type of coating usually requires specialized equipment to apply. VOC is volatile organic compounds and industry is regulated as to how many pounds of emissions they are allowed to produce.....the solvent used in most paints that you can buy are way too high in VOC to allow use by industry, but are allowed for consumer use. Many times, industries still have to have special exhaust systems that contain scrubbers to remove particulate matter and/or VOC to stay within these restrictions. That's why many industries have moved from solvent based paints to either powder coating or waterborne paint systems....powder coating basically uses no solvents.......waterborne systems use water as the solvent.......but, of course water has a much higher flash point (evaporation) so those systems require specific humidity controlled atmosphere and heating systems to dry the paint.
You can't get what the factory uses.....even if you could, you couldn't use it.
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I have discovered several things relating to paint by reviewing the posts in this thread. That stated, I would like to mention one fact. When I had the welding shop weld on the expanded metal on my brush guard, I went first to my Kubota dealer and purchased two spray cans of Kubota paint. The paint has been on for almost a year, and it seems to perfectly match the rest of the tractor. I suppose that only time will tell. BTW, the Kubota spray can paint was quite expensive. It was much higher than the paint at TSC.
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Its a custom mix. We can at least a quarter of the batch we mix for our machines to sell to our customers for touch up paint.
Having a lot of experience with automotive finishes, as well as commercial finishes and electrostatic painting, I can tell you that ANY paint that can be atomized, CAN be applied with electrostatic equipment.
I do own electrostatic spraying equipment, and have used it extensively.
An electrostatic sprayer works best, when what you are painting is metal and mostly air, like the Cub aircraft frame in this photo.
The other benefits are: (a) You can get a more consistent coating thickness, (b) Edges and difficult to reach areas get better coating, (c) Reduced overspray. (d) Reduced material usage.
Most of the paint sprayed with conventional equipment at a tubular assembly like this aircraft frame, is going to miss the tubing all together. Electrostatic spraying allows much more material to hit the target by applying a positive charge to the paint as it leaves the gun, and a negative charge to the frame.
Also, many factories do use an entirely different type of paint than we do. This paint requires high temperatures, (generally 400 degrees F), to set. Which can result in a more durable finish than the air dried, or forced dried finishes that we use. These are called thermoseting finishes. The chemical reaction that makes them go from a liquid to a solid, is triggered only by heat.
These products are not generally made available to the public. Nor are they packaged in small containers.
They can use this type of finish because things are not assembled, so they don't have to worry about melting stuff when they bake it, as we do in the body shop.
We generally don't use more than 200 degrees F, to dry cars. They call it "baking" but it isn't really, it's just forced drying. Without the heat, automotive paint will still harden. The heat doesn't make automotive paint harder, it drives out the solvents, which reduces the cure time, and makes it hard SOONER.
I do own electrostatic spraying equipment, and have used it extensively.
An electrostatic sprayer works best, when what you are painting is metal and mostly air, like the Cub aircraft frame in this photo.
The other benefits are: (a) You can get a more consistent coating thickness, (b) Edges and difficult to reach areas get better coating, (c) Reduced overspray. (d) Reduced material usage.
Most of the paint sprayed with conventional equipment at a tubular assembly like this aircraft frame, is going to miss the tubing all together. Electrostatic spraying allows much more material to hit the target by applying a positive charge to the paint as it leaves the gun, and a negative charge to the frame.
Also, many factories do use an entirely different type of paint than we do. This paint requires high temperatures, (generally 400 degrees F), to set. Which can result in a more durable finish than the air dried, or forced dried finishes that we use. These are called thermoseting finishes. The chemical reaction that makes them go from a liquid to a solid, is triggered only by heat.
These products are not generally made available to the public. Nor are they packaged in small containers.
They can use this type of finish because things are not assembled, so they don't have to worry about melting stuff when they bake it, as we do in the body shop.
We generally don't use more than 200 degrees F, to dry cars. They call it "baking" but it isn't really, it's just forced drying. Without the heat, automotive paint will still harden. The heat doesn't make automotive paint harder, it drives out the solvents, which reduces the cure time, and makes it hard SOONER.
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kcender
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I know when I had the loader brackets on my 3240 replaced under warranty,the regional rep for Kubota said they were powder coated from the factory.After reinforcing the new brackets, they were sent out for powder coating to match the original finish.It's a good thing Kubota paid for it because the price was 600 dollars,not cheap.
David_Kb7uns
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Watch this video it says "electrostatic wet paint system"
Kubota Manufacturing Plant - Gainesville, Georgia - YouTube
Have an L3130 with a Bradco backhoe, the tractor and fenders have good paint the loader is ok with chips here and there but the wheels suck, they are faded except where you can see they used the Kubota brush on touch up paint to fix the shipping wear and mounting scrapes on the rims, it is still bright orange. The orange on the Bradco hoe is also shifting to the beige tint so not all orange paints are equal, use the VanSickle paint and think it is the best next to the Kubota paint.
David Kb7uns
Kubota Manufacturing Plant - Gainesville, Georgia - YouTube
Have an L3130 with a Bradco backhoe, the tractor and fenders have good paint the loader is ok with chips here and there but the wheels suck, they are faded except where you can see they used the Kubota brush on touch up paint to fix the shipping wear and mounting scrapes on the rims, it is still bright orange. The orange on the Bradco hoe is also shifting to the beige tint so not all orange paints are equal, use the VanSickle paint and think it is the best next to the Kubota paint.
David Kb7uns
