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Originally Posted by garnold
I'm hoping to start my project pretty soon. I wanted to get some ideas on the best way for me to paint my cub. From what I can tell these are my options...
Buy cubcadet rattle cans and spray. I'm going to be painting almost the whole thing so I think that might be a little much
I have a nice compressor so maybe buy a spray gun?
Send the larger parts out to get painted and spray can the smaller parts.
Also, do you folks strip everything down and prime?
I know nothing so please, any advice would be helpful :-)
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I have thus far taken every single part to a 72 down to complete bare metal. After that, I use 220 grit sandpaper and sand the bare metal. Another way is to have everything sandblasted. I had my rear rims sandblasted, but prefer the harder, narrow road by which will set up a bigger purse for the project.
For color paint I went with the Cub Cadet Yellow 759-3258 from my Cub Cadet dealer. Zippy1 did his IH Cub Cadet 100 with the rattle can, check out his thread. My color on the 72 frame alone was 106.00 . Believe me, I would have used a compressor and air sprayer if I had that!
Now, I have seen some nice work with other paint brands that may cost a little less. Like someone said, your prep work reflects your paint work. I chose to use a automotive metal primer sealer, then a primer, and lastly the color. Many, many coats of the 3 for a nice build up.