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07-24-2014, 11:36 AM
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Painting over paint
I've been reading through the posts and I've not read one yet about painting over paint. My 1250 is getting repainted here in the next week or two and I just ordered paint from a dealer....2 cans of yellow and 1 can of white. The paint that matches the paint codes for my CC. I've been dropping a lot of money into this tractor and the wife is getting upset.
 She just doesn't see the value like I do  So I'm curious about my options on repainting. Has anyone sanded down their stuff well enough, but not down to the metal, that they could just paint over the old paint? I know they do it in the automotive business. Or do I go buy aircraft striper and make a weekend of fun with it? Which I am not to keen on doing. 
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 Cub Cadet 1250 w/ the K301aqs engine. Restored to 1978 Columbia City, Indiana 
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07-24-2014, 12:04 PM
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painting over paint?
OC., by all means go ahead and paint over the old paint on your cub. The amount of surface prep is the key to a great paint job. Sand out any bad scratches, or rust, prime bare metal, water sand with 320 wet/dry paper, seal old paint with gray sealer if possible, then spray topcoats.
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07-24-2014, 03:45 PM
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Painting over paint is fine provided its properly prepped. If your sanding with a DA then 320 is good, if your wet sanding I'd go with 500 grit because 320 by hand will leave a pretty big scratch that might show in the new paint. Any bare metal will need to be treated with epoxy primer to prevent rust and help with adhesion.
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07-25-2014, 09:25 AM
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those guys are right...most times if the current paint is still adhered well with no issues of primer failure (like some cars from the mid late nineties, alot of roofs on chrysler cars) then with the right prep it is ok to squirt over top..myself, i sand out 220 to 320ish and 2k prime,(especially if alot of bare metal showing,) then any mud work, then regular primer or high build, wet sand 320 to 400ish and topcoat...youll figure out the details..thing with 2k primer is it has a topcoat window, so you have to spray in that window or put scratch in it for adhesion..get a good cleaner, i reccomend sikkens products...
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