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Topic: paint
Posted By: kyman
Subject: paint
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2026 at 9:09pm
| i was thinking of painting my 170. did not want to spend a fortune on paint, any suggestio on brand of paint? |
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2026 at 9:25pm
| A "show" tractor or a "working" tractor. |
Posted By: kyman
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2026 at 9:35pm
| working |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2026 at 10:03pm
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cheaper paints need to have tractor kept in the barn out of the sun... or they fade to pink.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: kyman
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2026 at 10:11pm
| thinking about agco but have not priced it , i painted my john deere with jd paint, turned out good and not costly, and its been a few years. i believe it was valspar , maybe agco is the same. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2026 at 10:45pm
| I bought some AGCO rattle can creme paint for wheel centers several years ago and it (at that time anyway) was Valspar brand. I also have used Rust Oleum rattle cans and felt it was pretty good for the price and their "almond" color matched AGCO's creme. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 6:43am
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AGCO paint is Valspar and is decent paint. I would say it's comparable with what they were painted with at the factory. I use Valspar's Renew hardener. I get it at my local JD dealer or online.
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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 7:42am
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With paint, you get what you pay for. With cheap paint, don't expect it to last or hold up too well. AGCO paint is very good, but not cheap. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 12:00pm
| my agco persian orange 1 is closer to #2 than 1 so dont know what you will get in the agco paint |
Posted By: kyman
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 2:14pm
| if i use agco i might go with corporate orange and black backed decals. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 2:57pm
It's been my experience that Persian Orange 1 seems to vary a lot in color, depending on the paint manufacturer. Some appear to have a brownish tint, others a reddish tint. PO2 and Corporate Orange seem more consistent.
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HudCo wrote:Posted By: J&J
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 6:35pm
| I've been researching paint for a CA (PO #1). Anyone tried Napa, I think it's Martin Senour. |
Posted By: TOM (NE)
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 7:10pm
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I purchased 1 gallon of PPG Shopline Acrylic Urethane 60080 persian orange on Sept 30,2022 from Colours Inc PPG dealer in Lincoln Nebraska. Price then was $314 per gallon. Used a medium topcoat hardener JH6680 and reducer JR506. Sprayed very nice. Picture shows it applied to wheel hub. Not sure what the price would be today! Best regards, Tom uploads/12350/WD45_Wheel.JPG_2.JPG" rel="nofollow - uploads/12350/WD45_Wheel.JPG_2.JPG
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Posted By: kyman
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 7:30pm
| i asked my local napa here in ky , they no longer mixed paint, dont know if that is everywhere. |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2026 at 11:04pm
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I loved the Tallmans AG Specialty paint, but I think Van Sickle bought them out. I have my 45 diesel done with Persian one Tallmans and my WD with Van Sickle. Also have a 57 wd45 that was painted with Allis Persian 1 paint in the 70s. I’ll have to get a picture of the 3 together to see the differences next I have them all out. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD, 1963 A-C D17 series 3, several Allis garden tractors 
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Posted By: only AC orange
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2026 at 2:09pm
| our local what used to be Agco no longer handles agco paint but still services AC. They now handle Sparex paint (rattle can) which I am disappointed in. The color is close but paint is too thin - takes multiple coats to get good coverage. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2026 at 2:23pm
| My Massey Ferguson (AGCO) dealer orders me AGCO PO2. |
Posted By: J&J
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2026 at 4:50pm
| Did Allis originally use PPG. Is 60080 a PPG code for PO #1? |
Posted By: TOM (NE)
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2026 at 8:14am
| Look under the https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/farm-equipment-knowledge-base_forum18.html" rel="nofollow - Farm Equipment -Knowledge Base section for paint codes. It show various paint suppliers and associated paint codes for Allis Chalmers and other tractor brands, |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2026 at 10:01am
To answer your question, I don't think AC ever used PPG paint. The PPG 60080 is a quality automotive paint that a lot of people used on restored tractors. I believe there were some (off) color problems with the 60080 early on when PPG changed their formulation because of environmental issues.
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