Rolled on Paint?

[Pullstart 64,862]

Has anyone rolled their tractor before?  Just curious as to how it turned out…

 

For a worker, I’d imagine a good ‘ole oil based paint like this guy used wouldn’t be too terrible.

 

 

[ri702bill 9,060]

Might need to add another 20 feet to make it a "20 Footer"......

 

True story - A family up the street from my parent's house emmigrated from a mediterrainean country. The Dad bought his first used car, a 1962 Pontiac Tempest. One hot August Saturday afternoon, he decides to give the car a fresh coat of latex house paint with a roller. He is doing this at the curb, the house had no garage. Sky starts to darken, but he keeps on going. We get a gully-washer of a storm, all the horizontal surfaces are stripped of the new paint, We used to tease him telling him that you are supposed to wash the car before you paint it......

Edited January 27, 2024 by ri702bill

[Red-Bovine 334]

Proper technique and properly thinned paint can result is really good paint jobs using a roller. I used a roller to paint boats with varnish and two part polyurethane with excellent results. the absence of overspray all over everything was well worth the effort. 

[Pullstart 64,862]

@Red-Bovine beautiful boats!

[kpinnc 13,900]

26 minutes ago, Red-Bovine said:

Proper technique and properly thinned paint can result is really good paint jobs using a roller.

 

Agreed. Times two when wet sanding and buffing afterwards. 

[8ntruck 7,444]

Some time ago, Car Craft ran a couple of articles on painting a car with rollers and Rust Oleum.  Thinned paint, multiple coats, and sanding in between were described along with a final polish. 

[ebinmaine 71,027]

20 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

Some time ago, Car Craft ran a couple of articles on painting a car with rollers and Rust Oleum.  Thinned paint, multiple coats, and sanding in between were described along with a final polish. 

 

Seems I've read that one. 

 

I've considered rolling paint on the frame, front axle and transmission. 

 

Could be less wasteful provided the prep and post work was done right.  

 

 

[Pullstart 64,862]

I’m tempted to try this on my FEL project.  The frame is already black, the goal color of the whole machine.  Sheet metal, loader frame, everything.  Gloss black.

 

 

[8ntruck 7,444]

A couple of the project's I had during my careers were the design and build of some new industrial equipment.  The framework on these things was typically square steel tubing of various sizes.  Those got painted by roller using industrial enamel.

 

Then again, the appearance of those paint jobs was not of primary concern.

[ri702bill 9,060]

1 hour ago, 8ntruck said:

A couple of the project's I had during my careers were the design and build of some new industrial equipment.  The framework on these things was typically square steel tubing of various sizes.  Those got painted by roller using industrial enamel.

A project that does not function is merely a doorstop.

[Sailman 1,299]

I have used a similar process painting a boat with either Awl Grip or other 2 part polyurethane paint. Key was to use a third thinning additive to adjust for temp and humidity, a foam roller or china bristle brush for application followed by foam brush to lightly "tip" the paint as it began to dry. Done right its honestly hard to tell the difference between that and a sprayed application. 

[wallfish 17,578]

7 hours ago, Pullstart said:

 Gloss black.

Probably not an issue with most of it but black will always show the most imperfections and especially so on the sheet metal.

It's a worker tractor and not a collectors antique car either

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,360]

@Pullstart Instead of paint why don't you use some Flex seal black tape it comes in different widths, and it will seal all the moisture from the tractor and you could use the spray cans of liquid rubber for the hard-to-reach areas.

[953 nut 58,259]

On 1/26/2024 at 7:45 AM, Pullstart said:

anyone rolled their tractor

Well yes I did roll a tractor over when I was a wild and reckless kid!                 OH, nevermind,           you were talking about rolling paint ON a tractor not rolling a tractor.

[JoeM 7,974]

15 hours ago, wallfish said:

with most of it but black will always show the most imperfections

 

Or scuff it up with 220 and spray with some cheap bed liner paint. Hides all of those imperfections.

 

And really you can have all the body parts off of an xi in half and hour and painted in no time.