Van Sickle Paint

I don't know about the brand but If you want to keep it shining and bright color I would tell you to keep it waxed to protect the paint.

Spray with 2 or 3 coats of clear.

Keep the tractor indoors. Clear will help if its good quality.

We've painted 2 WCs and a B with this paint. Currently these paint jobs are all between 5-7 years old & they all still look nice. We do store them indoors most of the time and did use the hardener on the final paint coats. The RC that we are doing now will get Van Sickle. I also like that you can also buy rattle cans that match. Kip

Using Acetone as a alkyd paint reducer to speed up drying time is not good advice. It will kill any good qualities built into the enamel. Works great as a stripper.  VM&P Naptha as a reducer is acceptable for use in Alkyd Enamels.

if your time is worth anything, degreaseing, sandblasting,bodyfiller,sanding,priming, why would you use a cheap paint to complete a project,when it comes down to it, you get what you pay for, i use agco paint which is valspar i beleive, and use dupont hardner and reducer , paint is dry and ready to assemble within 24 hrs

As they all have said there is no magic to a name on the can, if it is alkyd resin enamel it is what it is, cheapo paint with all the mentioned cheapo paint problems.  Hardener helps to some degree.  Almost everyone I know who has been down this road has now settled on the low end automotive enamel or urethanes. They are PPG Omni or Shopline and Dupont NASON. I have used both brands in Urethane and am fast becoming a fan of NASON over Omni or shopline but partialy because our local PPG outlet is run by an arregant ,,,,,, .  Either will do the job but your not done spending money yet,  if you go this route  or try hardner in your cheapo paint your also in the barrel for breathing and skin protection equipment.

shattercane wrote: Has anyone used Van Sickle paint on their rides? I asked some of my buddies at the local body shop about the paint and they informed me that it wasn't going to hold up to the test of time (even though it looks great once applied) I was just wondering if anyone has had a tractor that they painted with Van Sickle paint a few years back. I purchased this stuff at Orscheln's and it cost about 25 bucks a gallon. What they were telling me to use next time costs about 150 per gallon. The B sure shines now, but I don't know for how long. Thanks in advance

  

d17brown wrote: if your time is worth anything, degreaseing, sandblasting,bodyfiller,sanding,priming, why would you use a cheap paint to complete a project,when it comes down to it, you get what you pay for, i use agco paint which is valspar i beleive, and use dupont hardner and reducer , paint is dry and ready to assemble within 24 hrs

I paint with NAson and the cool thing about is the make and Integrated clear you mix with your final coat, if you like the shine

I only painted one Tractor which was my first B. At that time (10 years ago) I used Dupont Dulux. The job came out quite nice I thought for my very first paint job on anything, and the ole' girl still shines nice yet. Dupont doesn't offer the Dulux anymore and I believe the Nason replaced it. I have my body guy paint all my Tractor stuff now being he knows what he's doing, their shot in a booth, and there's no paints or thinners in my shop to worry about, and the results are top shelf like the paint on my cars. He uses the Nason as Butch does and he says its an easy to apply paint, goes on nice, and gives a nice finish. He also uses the clear as Don mentioned. I figure, with all the prep & resto work you put into em' as mentioned, why not put a good quality paint on to finish the job. Yeah, paint and supplies are super expensive, but the end result stays around a loooong time when you use a higher end product....