started working on my free to me B7100HSD

[brain55]

I was messing with Photoshop and thought I would make a side-by-side before and after pic, I'll make more when it is complete.

Brian

 

[Thomas]

Show room..very nice!!

 

[JL Sargent]

Great looking tractor. Would you mind sharing some about the painting process. What kind of paint and how you applied it. Thanks.

 

[brain55]

Great looking tractor. Would you mind sharing some about the painting process. What kind of paint and how you applied it. Thanks.

Nothing fancy wih the painting. Pressure washed it the best we could, cleaned with laquer thinner, scuffed with scotchbrite pads, cleaned with laquer thinner again, painted with Kubota factory paint. I used 1 1/2 quarts of blue, and 4 quarts of orange. If I was keeping this tractor for me I would have gone to the automotive paint store and bought better paint. This paint looks good now, but will quickly oxidize if left outside.

Brian

edit - If I was keeping it for myself, I would have have had most of it sandblasted before painting also.

 

[DiezNutz]

Did you ever see this post that I made a few months ago?
Kubota shipping costs

Brian

Well, I have now.
Thanks for sharing that, very interesting/informative. Of course, I haven't had to buy any Kubota parts yet other than stock maintenance items, so I may never need to know any of that, but good to know just the same.

 

[DiezNutz]

edit - If I was keeping it for myself, I would have have had most of it sandblasted before painting also.

Someone mentioned sandblasting earlier... what I've found is sandblasting/beadblasting is generally not a good idea for a complete assembly. No matter how well you think you have plugged up every hole, wherever there's a seal, you're going to get media/debris in it.

That says, you'd want to completely disassemble everything and blast bare case halves, etc. Doesn't make a lot of sense here on a "flip" tractor. I think you made a reasonable compromise. :thumbsup:

 

[funwithahoe]

Nothing fancy wih the painting. Pressure washed it the best we could, cleaned with laquer thinner, scuffed with scotchbrite pads, cleaned with laquer thinner again, painted with Kubota factory paint. I used 1 1/2 quarts of blue, and 4 quarts of orange. If I was keeping this tractor for me I would have gone to the automotive paint store and bought better paint. This paint looks good now, but will quickly oxidize if left outside.

Brian

edit - If I was keeping it for myself, I would have have had most of it sandblasted before painting also.

Mind if I ask why it will oxidize? Not clean enough underneath is my guess.:confused2:

 

[brain55]

Someone mentioned sandblasting earlier... what I've found is sandblasting/beadblasting is generally not a good idea for a complete assembly. No matter how well you think you have plugged up every hole, wherever there's a seal, you're going to get media/debris in it.

That says, you'd want to completely disassemble everything and blast bare case halves, etc. Doesn't make a lot of sense here on a "flip" tractor. I think you made a reasonable compromise. :thumbsup:

I would have just sand/bead blasted all of the sheetmetal I had removed, hood, fenders, steps, etc., at the outside I might have removed the clutch housing and maybe the front axle frame and blasted that too. I wouldn't have blasted the engine or transmission. As it is, for a flip job I got more carried away than what I should have. I added up my receipts this morning, and it came in just under $2200, it will be closer to $2500 when I replace the hydraulic hose and fittings I used. But, it kept me out of trouble for 2 weeks when I didn't have much other work anyway.

Brian

 

[brain55]

Mind if I ask why it will oxidize? Not clean enough underneath is my guess.:confused2:

There is no hardener in that paint. It won't handle the weather as well as if it did. If it got waxed it hold hold up better.

Brian

 

[DiezNutz]

I would have just sand/bead blasted all of the sheetmetal I had removed, hood, fenders, steps, etc., at the outside I might have removed the clutch housing and maybe the front axle frame and blasted that too. I wouldn't have blasted the engine or transmission.

:thumbsup: I know you know what you're doing. You're a car guy (like me).

As it is, for a flip job I got more carried away than what I should have. I added up my receipts this morning, and it came in just under $2200, it will be closer to $2500 when I replace the hydraulic hose and fittings I used. But, it kept me out of trouble for 2 weeks when I didn't have much other work anyway.
Brian

That's awesome. Looking forward to the final pics.