For those of us who use Valspar paint - Time to go to TSC
 

Wanted to put the word out....

Just got back from TSC to pick up odds & ends (including a few cans of Ford Blue for a shop cabinet project).

Apparently TSC is phasing out Valspar paint. Everything in the store was 25% off, and there was a new endcap with Majic paint on it.

I bought every spray can of cub cadet yellow they had, along with a few primer cans while I was at it.

May have to go back and get some gallon cans & go buy a cheap HF spray gun :biggrin2:

Yeah I know it isn't EXACTLY the same color (cub cadet yellow from the dealer :BlahBlah: ) but for those of us that are more concerned about using our stuff than making it "authentic", it is pretty darn close.

And as a sidebar, I found the ACE rust stop school bus yellow seems to match the Valspar cub cadet yellow too (if you are in a pinch).

I'd rather get it from a dealer and have the correct color but thanks for the heads up.

Too bad there isn't a "poke" icon...

I know I am somehow the cub cadet anti-christ because I don't have the cub cadet yellow P/N tattooed into my forearm, but when I can drive 20 minutes to get paint for ~ 35-40% less than the paint I have to drive an hour for, and I really don't mind that won't be perfect/super fade resistant/stop speeding bullets/etc, so be it.

The only way I will go to the factory paint would be

1: I have something that is going to be a "show piece". None of my gear is a show piece, nor will it be. I use it, and it gets scratched/dented/worn

2: If I had something that was as rare as hen's teeth or never thought to exist (like some prototype IH diesel QL cub 4wd with quad ports, CAT 0, rear & mid PTO, power steering, air ride seat, and powered beverage cooler), I would (but then it would be relegated to 1: and not really used, so what good is a powered beverage cooler if it sits at a display.

3: If I had the setup to do it "right" (booth off a garage bay with plastic, HVLP gun, good compressor & air drier), then I probably would be using the "good" stuff. But if I went to that level, I would most likely be powder coating stuff, and paint is removed from the equation.

4: If price was in line with other paints. In fact, out of all the listed, that is the only way I would do it. I guess I am just a cheap SOB :biggrin2:

Yep. $4.12 a can, just picked up some yellow, white and JD green :biggrin2:

I use the TSC paint. Dont see anything wrong with it.

Yep, my 128 is painted with TSC and Ace Hardware paint. I like it, is all that matters. I just didn't want it to rust anymore and still look good. :beerchug:

Thanks for letting us know! :beerchug:

The "NEW" paint TSC will be carrying will include IH white.

I don't know if that is Cub Cadet white, but, it is what I will be using!!

I dropped a "C" note at TSC on Valspar paint today!!

It's cheaper than psychotherapy and physical therapy!! :bigthink:

:biggrin2:

The IH White is what I used on the 128. I love the way it looks. :beerchug:
That is also Ace Hardware School Bus Yellow. It is a bit darker, but not by much.

Here are the parts painted:
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Good thing I bought the paint for my 129 two weeks ago! :biggrin2:


Anyone know of another Valspar dealer? If I paint one with Valspar, would like the others to match. :beerchug: :biggrin2:

The beauty (?!) of having a red, black white, yellow and rust colored tractor, is that almost any kind of paint that is on sale is better than what's on the tractor.

:bigeyes:

Do you have a Fleet Farm in your area? I know here in MN they have Valspar tractor paint (where I originally found it before TSC)

And _DX3_ that is a nice looking paint job :beerchug:

Google Valspar paint. There are 2 websites, one for home, one for equipment paint.

The equipment website will give the locations near you.

TSC was just nice and convenient!!

Trance port yellow is close.

I haven't done a side by side comparison of Cub dealer yellow and Valspar Cub yellow, but to my eye the colors are very close. Maybe someone can post a pic showing the comparison. Keep in mind, that the yellow can be adjusted lighter or darker depending on the color primer used. Red oxide primer, for instance will give the yellow a deeper look like Kodak yellow, while grey primer will make it appear brighter. As far as quality, 2 years after using TSC Kubota Orange on my Sears Suburban and the gloss and color look great.

TSC Valspar Transport Yellow painted this last Saturday!!

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Yellow paint over bare metal, I am not patient enough to use primer, never have been!!:bigthink:

I removed the paint with 40 grit sanding belt cut to 6" discs (two discs used) and 3M spray adhesive bonded to a (air) DA sander pad.

Looks great, CAD!

Painting looks good, guys! :beerchug:






Yes, I recently bought two quarts of transport yellow and IH white at TSC. It was JUST long enough, however, that I didn't get the discount! :biggrin2:

I went to my TSC this afternoon and someone had gotten every gallon of IH red and every can but 1 of the IH red spray. I ended up buying most of the qts of IH red that were left (5), a gallon of red primer, a gallon of IH white, a can of hardener and a qt of gray primer and the last spray can or red. They did have the antique spray cans of IH red and plenty of every other color for machinery in qts,gallons an spray. Regular price would have been $169 sale cost $127. If money holds out I may go back and get some more primer and black. They already have the Majjic brand for sale I think it is $25 or $26 per gallon. None of the employees could tell me anything about why they switched or the quality of the Majjic brand.

I get tax off for being a farmer.

I picked up a gallon of white and (another) gallon of red. Is the transport yellow the cub cadet color? It looked similar, but I'm a little colorblind and if it doesn't say "cub cadet yellow," i dont get it.

I bought a can of it and it looks just like the orinal paint on my 122 it is alot darker than cc yellow.

The 'Cub Cadet Yellow' is for the newer cyclops and 2000 series tractors, and is not correct for the older tractors; it is rather orange.

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Themadhatter .I agree.Couldn't have said it any better.

So the transport yellow is a good color for older cubs?

wow!!that looks so nice, i hope my 128# turns out that nice??good piks thnks. know anyone with a 1994 2000series pictures?
:beerchug:

I used TSC Majic rattle can cub paint for my 124 last year. It did OK, but I think it needed more hardener in it. Some cans (I bought about 8 or 9 cans for my 124) were very "watery," had way too much thinner. Some did fine. I am rejuvenating my 100 this year, and I will use more TSC rattle cans. After it cures for a few weeks or months it does fine.

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I'm in the process of rebuilding a 1973 LoBoy 154. I found that a very good match for the original white paint can be found at Ace Hardware. It's in rattle cans and is "Ace Premium Enamel" high gloss and the color is "IVORY". I got it for $3.99 / 12 oz can. Cheap enough????
I also painted the Yellow components with Krylon Industrial Enamel, color is almost a perfect match. Krylon's color is "Federal Yellow" and I bought this paint from MSC Industrial Supply (on-line):beerchug:.
I also clear coated everything with 4 coarts of CLEAR. All rattle cans..
It's one "pretty tractor" now.

Welcome to OCC!
Would love to see pics of your 154!:beerchug:

What Mike said!

I used rustulem on mine.. Almond enamel on my 1250, you cant tell the dif, from the tower to the hood, or from the hood to the plow, or from the hood to the deck.. Did I mention I sprayed the hood only. a few bumps on the dash.. only because I know I did it, and to see how close they really are.. Like I gave it a bath.. For what its worth!!